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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.
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With 7,718 people, 2,322 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $139,797, house prices in Shiprock are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Shiprock, accounting for 57.34% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Shiprock include mobile homes or trailers ( 28.65%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.08%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.44%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Shiprock are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 52.01% owning and 47.99% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Shiprock 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 Shiprock built between 1940-1969 ( 21.75%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.63%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Shiprock. Fully 17.86% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Shiprock homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Shiprock 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Shiprock, where house values have increased just 44.46%, which is annualized rate of 3.75%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Shiprock that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Shiprock real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Shiprock appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 14.23%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 96.90% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Shiprock. Shiprock appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 5.82%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 25.39%.
Importantly, this makes Shiprock one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to New Mexico, our data show that Shiprock's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in New Mexico.
$139,797
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2,322
$1,089 / per month