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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.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 2,810 people, 1,037 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $136,760, house prices in Pembroke are some of the most affordable in North Carolina as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pembroke, accounting for 42.34% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pembroke include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 27.53%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 21.90%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 6.58%).
Pembroke is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 76.39% of Pembroke's dwellings are rentals.
There is a lot of housing in Pembroke 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 Pembroke built between 2000 and later ( 29.78%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 20.09%). There's also some housing in Pembroke built before 1939 ( 7.01%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Pembroke. Fully 10.22% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Pembroke homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Pembroke 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 Pembroke have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 94.62%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Pembroke house appreciation rate of 6.89%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Pembroke's appreciation rate, at 7.25%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Pembroke's appreciation rate has been 1.46%, which annualizes to a rate of 5.95%.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Pembroke's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Pembroke differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Pembroke - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Pembroke real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$136,760
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1,037
$1,547 / per month