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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 58,505 people, 24,888 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $201,211, house prices in Midwest City are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Midwest City, accounting for 74.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Midwest City include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.77%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.41%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.90%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Midwest City are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 57.51% owning and 42.49% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Midwest City 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 Midwest City built between 1940-1969 ( 39.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 17.62%). There's also some housing in Midwest City built before 1939 ( 1.41%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Midwest City's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.65% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Midwest City that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Midwest City real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Midwest City appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 7.10%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 84.04% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Midwest City. Midwest City appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.02%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.31%.
Importantly, this makes Midwest City one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Oklahoma, our data show that Midwest City's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Oklahoma.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Midwest City differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Midwest City - 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 Midwest City real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$201,211
for Oklahoma
for nation
24,888
$1,534 / per month