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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 5,093 people, 2,230 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $129,637, house prices in Pana are some of the most affordable in Illinois as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Pana, accounting for 77.89% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Pana include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.63%), mobile homes or trailers ( 8.60%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.08%).
Dwellings in Pana tend to be quite small (one, two, or no bedrooms) and owner occupied. In fact, 52.53% of the homes in Pana have two or fewer bedrooms.
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. Pana's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 36.32% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Pana include homes built before 1939 ( 29.22%) and housing constructed between 1970-1999 ( 27.91%). There's also some housing in Pana built between 2000 and later ( 6.56%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Pana. Fully 18.76% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Pana homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Pana 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Pana, where house values have increased just 43.76%, which is annualized rate of 3.70%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Pana that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Pana real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Pana appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 14.90%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 97.38% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Pana. Pana appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.42%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.82%.
Relative to Illinois, our data show that Pana's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Illinois.
$129,637
for Illinois
for nation
2,230
$969 / per month