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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 17,258, 7,176 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $352,552, Canon City real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Canon City, accounting for 69.12% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Canon City include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.24%), mobile homes or trailers ( 10.52%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.71%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Canon City are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 64.82% owning and 35.18% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Canon City 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 Canon City built before 1939 ( 24.24%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 20.38%). There's also some housing in Canon City built between 2000 and later ( 14.51%).
In the last 10 years, Canon City has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Canon City real estate appreciated 123.10% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.36%, putting Canon City in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Canon City definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Canon City appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Canon City's appreciation rate has been 1.22%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Canon City were at -0.63%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.49%.
Notably, Canon City's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Colorado, our data show that Canon City's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Canon City differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Canon City - 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 Canon City real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$352,552
for Colorado
for nation
7,176
$1,719 / per month