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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 2,170 people, 1,247 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $173,472, house prices in White Sulphur Springs are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in White Sulphur Springs, accounting for 78.06% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in White Sulphur Springs include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.25%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.33%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.36%).
The most prevalent building size and type in White Sulphur Springs are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 58.91% owning and 41.09% renting.
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. White Sulphur Springs's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 46.76% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in White Sulphur Springs include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 34.24%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 14.21%). There's also some housing in White Sulphur Springs built between 2000 and later ( 4.79%).
White Sulphur Springs's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in White Sulphur Springs during the period has been just 5.24%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in White Sulphur Springs that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, White Sulphur Springs real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, White Sulphur Springs appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 17.45%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 98.64% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in White Sulphur Springs. White Sulphur Springs appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.56%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.39%.
Relative to West Virginia, our data show that White Sulphur Springs's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in West Virginia.
$173,472
for West virginia
for nation
1,247
$1,258 / per month