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 a population of 3,564, 1,271 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $388,050, Squaw Valley real estate values are some of the lowest in California, although compared to real estate around the nation, Squaw Valley homes are still considered rather expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Squaw Valley, accounting for 75.38% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Squaw Valley include mobile homes or trailers ( 23.69%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Squaw Valley. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 78.61% of Squaw Valley's homes, and 72.79% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Squaw Valley 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 Squaw Valley built between 2000 and later ( 10.09%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 8.56%). There's also some housing in Squaw Valley built before 1939 ( 1.92%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Squaw Valley. Fully 15.66% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Squaw Valley homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Squaw Valley real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Appreciation rates for homes in Squaw Valley have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 92.08%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Squaw Valley house appreciation rate of 6.75%.
Over the last year, Squaw Valley appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Squaw Valley's appreciation rate has been -1.09%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Squaw Valley were at 1.59%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.53%.
Relative to California, our data show that Squaw Valley's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in California.
$388,050
for California
for nation
1,271
$1,744 / per month