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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 43,212 people, 15,817 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $791,193, Lynnwood house prices are not only among the most expensive in Washington, Lynnwood real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lynnwood, accounting for 47.86% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lynnwood include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 35.14%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.34%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.54%).
People in Lynnwood primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Lynnwood has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Lynnwood 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 Lynnwood built between 1940-1969 ( 37.88%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 14.26%). There's also some housing in Lynnwood built before 1939 ( 1.08%).
In the last 10 years, Lynnwood has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Lynnwood real estate appreciated 140.09% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.15%, putting Lynnwood in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Lynnwood 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, Lynnwood appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Lynnwood's appreciation rate has been 3.74%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Lynnwood were at 3.14%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.15%.
Importantly, this makes Lynnwood 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 Washington, our data show that Lynnwood's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Washington.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lynnwood differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lynnwood - 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 Lynnwood real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$791,193
for Washington
for nation
15,817
$2,710 / per month