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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 60,569 people, 19,241 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $807,619, real estate costs in Montebello 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.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Montebello, accounting for 49.31% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Montebello include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 28.22%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.83%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 8.10%).
People in Montebello primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Montebello 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. Montebello's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 54.21% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Montebello include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 32.81%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 8.98%). There's also some housing in Montebello built between 2000 and later ( 4.00%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Montebello have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 95.34%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Montebello house appreciation rate of 6.93%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Montebello that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Montebello real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Montebello appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.71%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 78.14% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Montebello. Montebello appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.09%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Montebello's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% 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 Montebello differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Montebello - 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 Montebello real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$807,619
for California
for nation
19,241
$2,893 / per month