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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 23,641 people, 8,270 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $136,035, house prices in Marshall are some of the most affordable in Texas as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Marshall, accounting for 76.15% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Marshall include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.94%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.56%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.05%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Marshall are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.97% owning and 46.03% 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. Marshall's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 41.33% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Marshall include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 35.52%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 13.02%). There's also some housing in Marshall built before 1939 ( 10.14%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Marshall. Fully 16.74% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Marshall homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Marshall 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.
Marshall's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Marshall during the period has been just 5.05%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Marshall's appreciation rate, at 5.73%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Marshall's appreciation rate has been 3.90%, which annualizes to a rate of 16.54%.
Importantly, this makes Marshall 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 Texas, our data show that Marshall's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Marshall differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Marshall - 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 Marshall real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$136,035
for Texas
for nation
8,270
$1,479 / per month