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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 8,585, 4,147 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $552,082, Monona house prices are not only among the most expensive in Wisconsin, Monona real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Monona, accounting for 59.29% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Monona include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 35.37%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.99%).
People in Monona primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Monona has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
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. Monona's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 59.32% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Monona include homes built between 2000 and later ( 16.81%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 16.27%). There's also some housing in Monona built before 1939 ( 7.61%).
In the last 10 years, Monona has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Monona real estate appreciated 120.34% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.22%, putting Monona in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Monona definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Monona's appreciation rate, at 7.73%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Monona's appreciation rate has been 1.71%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.00%.
Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Monona's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.
$552,082
for Wisconsin
for nation
4,147
$1,593 / per month