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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With a population of 2,100, 761 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $207,590, house prices in Kinder are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kinder, accounting for 59.46% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kinder include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 21.09%), mobile homes or trailers ( 12.93%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 6.52%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Kinder are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.50% owning and 46.50% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Kinder built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Kinder built between 1940-1969 ( 32.39%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.43%). There's also some housing in Kinder built before 1939 ( 9.46%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Kinder. Fully 17.28% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Kinder homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Kinder 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.
Kinder's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Kinder during the period has been just 4.78%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Kinder that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Kinder real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Kinder appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 12.44%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 75.43% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Kinder. Kinder appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 4.05%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 17.22%.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that Kinder's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
$207,590
for Louisiana
for nation
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$964 / per month