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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 a population of 7,095, 4,057 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $1,776,461, Sausalito house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, Sausalito 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 Sausalito, accounting for 39.55% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Sausalito include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 25.58%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 17.40%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 16.60%).
People in Sausalito primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Sausalito has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Sausalito 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 Sausalito built between 1940-1969 ( 31.44%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 28.78%). There's also some housing in Sausalito built between 2000 and later ( 2.61%).
Sausalito's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Sausalito during the period has been just 5.41%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Over the last year, Sausalito appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Sausalito's appreciation rate has been 3.78%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Sausalito were at 2.58%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.71%.
Relative to California, our data show that Sausalito's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% 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 Sausalito differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Sausalito - 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 Sausalito real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$1,776,461
for California
for nation
4,057
$5,537 / per month