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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 34,954 people, 12,841 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $533,156, Wildwood real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Wildwood home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Wildwood is a city of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Wildwood than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Wildwood. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 91.33% of Wildwood's homes, and 74.94% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Wildwood 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 Wildwood built between 2000 and later ( 18.46%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 4.27%). There's also some housing in Wildwood built before 1939 ( 2.68%).
Wildwood's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Wildwood during the period has been just 5.45%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Wildwood's appreciation rate, at 7.19%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Wildwood's appreciation rate has been 1.09%, which annualizes to a rate of 4.45%.
Relative to Missouri, our data show that Wildwood's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Missouri.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Wildwood differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Wildwood - 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 Wildwood real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$533,156
for Missouri
for nation
12,841
$2,199 / per month