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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 13,932 people, 5,051 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $401,100, Wauconda real estate is some of the most expensive in Illinois, although Wauconda home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Wauconda, accounting for 69.43% of the village's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wauconda include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.80%), row houses and other attached homes ( 9.12%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.43%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Wauconda. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 77.15% of Wauconda's homes, and 59.97% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Wauconda 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 Wauconda built between 2000 and later ( 32.52%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 24.41%). There's also some housing in Wauconda built before 1939 ( 3.90%).
Wauconda's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Wauconda during the period has been just 5.67%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Wauconda's appreciation rate, at 7.66%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Wauconda's appreciation rate has been 2.79%, which annualizes to a rate of 11.63%.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Wauconda's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the village. Individual neighborhoods within Wauconda differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Wauconda - 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 Wauconda real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$401,100
for Illinois
for nation
5,051
$2,325 / per month