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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 a population of 5,363, 2,404 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $123,432, house prices in Tyrone are some of the most affordable in Pennsylvania as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Tyrone, accounting for 56.40% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Tyrone include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 17.49%), row houses and other attached homes ( 14.03%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.23%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Tyrone are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The borough has a mixture of owners and renters, with 54.78% owning and 45.22% renting.
The housing in Tyrone was primarily built before 1939 ( 46.17%), making the housing stock in Tyrone some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Tyrone. The next most important housing age is between 1940-1969 ( 27.72%), followed by between 1970-1999 ( 24.63%). There's also some housing in Tyrone built between 2000 and later ( 1.49%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Tyrone. Fully 10.57% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Tyrone homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Tyrone 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Tyrone, where house values have increased just 35.45%, which is annualized rate of 3.08%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Over the last year, Tyrone appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Tyrone's appreciation rate has been 2.23%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Tyrone were at -9.38%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -32.58%.
Notably, Tyrone's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Tyrone's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$123,432
for Pennsylvania
for nation
2,404
$969 / per month