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 34,878 people, 11,011 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $672,197, real estate costs in Huntington Station are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive New York communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Huntington Station, accounting for 73.85% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Huntington Station include row houses and other attached homes ( 9.03%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.84%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.54%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Huntington Station. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 76.78% of Huntington Station's homes, and 63.96% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Huntington Station's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 61.22% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Huntington Station include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 18.44%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 11.84%). There's also some housing in Huntington Station built between 2000 and later ( 8.49%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Huntington Station's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.15% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Huntington Station that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Huntington Station real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Huntington Station appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.49%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 75.55% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Huntington Station. Huntington Station appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.82%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.77%.
Relative to New York, our data show that Huntington Station's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in New York.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Huntington Station differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Huntington Station - 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 Huntington Station real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$672,197
for New york
for nation
11,011
$3,816 / per month