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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 5,576, 1,800 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $309,768, Walton real estate is some of the most expensive in Kentucky, although Walton home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Walton, accounting for 81.71% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Walton include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.72%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.67%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.58%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Walton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.67% of Walton's homes, and 77.25% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Walton homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 56.65% of Walton's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Walton real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 19.86%), and between 1940-1969 ( 14.19%). There's also some housing in Walton built before 1939 ( 9.30%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Walton have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 92.29%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Walton house appreciation rate of 6.76%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Walton's appreciation rate, at 7.23%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Walton's appreciation rate has been 1.53%, which annualizes to a rate of 6.27%.
Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Walton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.
$309,768
for Kentucky
for nation
1,800
$1,569 / per month