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 22,516 people, 6,150 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $495,357, Payson real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Payson, accounting for 76.19% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Payson include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.30%), row houses and other attached homes ( 6.85%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.90%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Payson. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 80.54% of Payson's homes, and 55.50% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Payson 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 Payson built between 2000 and later ( 37.05%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 11.67%). There's also some housing in Payson built before 1939 ( 10.94%).
In the last 10 years, Payson has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Payson real estate appreciated 130.54% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.71%, putting Payson in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Payson definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Payson appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Payson's appreciation rate has been 1.58%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Payson were at 2.43%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.09%.
Relative to Utah, our data show that Payson's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Utah.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Payson differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Payson - 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 Payson real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$495,357
for Utah
for nation
6,150
$1,616 / per month