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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.
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With 104,414 people, 34,624 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $857,421, real estate costs in El Cajon are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in El Cajon, accounting for 42.75% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in El Cajon include single-family detached homes ( 38.50%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.56%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.18%). Cities with mostly row houses, apartments, and other high density housing types are relatively uncommon, and characteristic of compact cities that frequently have a downtown or other neighborhoods where amenities are within walking distance and a lot of street life can be seen.
People in El Cajon primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) units, chiefly found in large apartment complexes or high rise apartments. El Cajon has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in El Cajon 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 El Cajon built between 1940-1969 ( 39.38%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 5.81%). There's also some housing in El Cajon built before 1939 ( 1.94%).
Appreciation rates for homes in El Cajon have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 112.26%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average El Cajon house appreciation rate of 7.82%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in El Cajon that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, El Cajon real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, El Cajon appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.49%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 84.27% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in El Cajon. El Cajon appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.65%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.01%.
Relative to California, our data show that El Cajon's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within El Cajon differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in El Cajon - 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 El Cajon real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$857,421
for California
for nation
34,624
$3,137 / per month