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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 a population of 58,617, 24,199 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $468,120, Lenexa real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although Lenexa home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Lenexa, accounting for 56.42% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Lenexa include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 29.85%), row houses and other attached homes ( 8.79%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.84%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Lenexa are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.78% owning and 43.22% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Lenexa 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 Lenexa built between 2000 and later ( 36.04%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 6.34%). There's also some housing in Lenexa built before 1939 ( 2.23%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Lenexa have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 103.44%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Lenexa house appreciation rate of 7.36%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Lenexa's appreciation rate, at 6.30%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Lenexa's appreciation rate has been 2.29%, which annualizes to a rate of 9.46%.
Relative to Kansas, our data show that Lenexa's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Kansas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Lenexa differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Lenexa - 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 Lenexa real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$468,120
for Kansas
for nation
24,199
$2,205 / per month