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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 a population of 2,824, 914 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $574,352, real estate costs in Eatonville are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Washington communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Eatonville, accounting for 77.00% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Eatonville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.25%), mobile homes or trailers ( 6.69%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.56%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Eatonville. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 70.57% of Eatonville's homes, and 60.89% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Eatonville 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 Eatonville built between 2000 and later ( 32.22%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 9.73%). There's also some housing in Eatonville built between 1940-1969 ( 8.11%).
In the last 10 years, Eatonville has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Eatonville real estate appreciated 126.89% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.54%, putting Eatonville in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Eatonville definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Eatonville appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Eatonville's appreciation rate has been 2.60%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Eatonville were at 3.14%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.15%.
Importantly, this makes Eatonville 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 Washington, our data show that Eatonville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Washington.
$574,352
for Washington
for nation
914
$1,771 / per month