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 1,683 people, 692 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $218,865, house prices in Goliad are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Goliad, accounting for 72.83% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Goliad include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.59%), mobile homes or trailers ( 9.35%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 3.79%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Goliad are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 64.50% owning and 35.50% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Goliad 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 Goliad built between 1940-1969 ( 23.94%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 13.25%). There's also some housing in Goliad built between 2000 and later ( 3.56%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Goliad. Fully 22.94% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Goliad homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Goliad 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.
Goliad's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Goliad during the period has been just 4.96%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Goliad appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Goliad's appreciation rate has been -3.73%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Goliad were at 11.10%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 52.35%.
Importantly, this makes Goliad one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Goliad's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
$218,865
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for nation
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$986 / per month