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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 1,722 people, 754 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $304,161, Kerhonkson real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kerhonkson, accounting for 80.04% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kerhonkson include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.99%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 1.84%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.13%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Kerhonkson are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.37% owning and 43.63% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Kerhonkson's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 35.93% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Kerhonkson include homes built before 1939 ( 31.42%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 22.31%). There's also some housing in Kerhonkson built between 2000 and later ( 10.34%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Kerhonkson. Fully 22.83% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Kerhonkson homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Kerhonkson 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.
In the last 10 years, Kerhonkson has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Kerhonkson real estate appreciated 131.07% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.74%, putting Kerhonkson in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Kerhonkson definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Kerhonkson that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Kerhonkson real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Kerhonkson appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 13.59%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 96.24% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Kerhonkson. Kerhonkson appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.03%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.38%.
Relative to New York, our data show that Kerhonkson's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in New York.
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