Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 550 people, 223 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $365,730, Leesburg real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Leesburg home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Leesburg, accounting for 83.90% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Leesburg include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 14.98%), mobile homes or trailers ( 1.12%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Leesburg. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 84.30% of Leesburg's homes, and 78.28% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
The housing in Leesburg was primarily built before 1939 ( 44.57%), making the housing stock in Leesburg some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Leesburg. The next most important housing age is between 1970-1999 ( 25.47%), followed by between 1940-1969 ( 24.34%). There's also some housing in Leesburg built between 2000 and later ( 5.62%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Leesburg. Fully 16.48% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Leesburg homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Leesburg real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Appreciation rates for homes in Leesburg have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 98.35%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Leesburg house appreciation rate of 7.09%.
Over the last year, Leesburg appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Leesburg's appreciation rate has been 0.00%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Leesburg were at 1.45%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.93%.
Importantly, this makes Leesburg one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Indiana, our data show that Leesburg's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Indiana.
$365,730
for Indiana
for nation
223
$1,547 / per month