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 2,313, 789 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $236,393, house prices in St. Bernard are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in St. Bernard, accounting for 55.18% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in St. Bernard include mobile homes or trailers ( 38.35%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 1.68%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 1.52%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in St. Bernard. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 75.34% of St. Bernard's homes, and 66.15% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
St. Bernard homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 62.80% of St. Bernard's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the St. Bernard real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 29.39%), and between 1940-1969 ( 5.66%). There's also some housing in St. Bernard built before 1939 ( 2.15%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in St. Bernard. Fully 20.93% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant St. Bernard homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding St. Bernard 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.
St. Bernard's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in St. Bernard during the period has been just 4.57%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, St. Bernard appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, St. Bernard's appreciation rate has been -0.93%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in St. Bernard were at -0.81%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -3.20%.
Notably, St. Bernard's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Louisiana, our data show that St. Bernard's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Louisiana.
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