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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 7,431 people, 2,510 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $777,144, real estate costs in Acton are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Acton, accounting for 89.00% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Acton include mobile homes or trailers ( 6.86%), row houses and other attached homes ( 2.66%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Acton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 91.93% of Acton's homes, and 72.80% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Acton 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 Acton built between 2000 and later ( 20.70%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 7.64%). There's also some housing in Acton built before 1939 ( 5.06%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Acton have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 97.88%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Acton house appreciation rate of 7.06%.
Over the last year, Acton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Acton's appreciation rate has been 4.47%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Acton were at 2.59%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.76%.
Relative to California, our data show that Acton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
$777,144
for California
for nation
2,510
$2,797 / per month