Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 11,260, 2,282 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $156,583, house prices in Fort Bliss are solidly below the national average.
Row houses and other attached homes are the single most common housing type in Fort Bliss, accounting for 37.61% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Fort Bliss include single-family detached homes ( 37.26%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 24.79%). This particular housing mix is relatively uncommon and characteristic of towns that are compact and walkable, and which often have a lively downtown.
Renters dominate Fort Bliss's housing market, and most live in three of four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in row houses and other attached homes.
Fort Bliss homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 64.78% of Fort Bliss's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Fort Bliss real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 20.71%), and between 1940-1969 ( 9.12%). There's also some housing in Fort Bliss built before 1939 ( 5.39%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Fort Bliss. Fully 12.16% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Fort Bliss homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Fort Bliss 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Fort Bliss's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.94% during the period.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Fort Bliss's appreciation rate, at 6.84%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Fort Bliss's appreciation rate has been 3.48%, which annualizes to a rate of 14.67%.
Importantly, this makes Fort Bliss one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Fort Bliss's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
$156,583
$2,873 / per month