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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 8,658 people, 4,248 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $373,760, Laughlin real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Laughlin, accounting for 49.12% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Laughlin include single-family detached homes ( 32.60%), row houses and other attached homes ( 8.80%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.65%). This particular housing mix is relatively uncommon and characteristic of towns that are compact and walkable, and which often have a lively downtown.
People in Laughlin primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) units, chiefly found in large apartment complexes or high rise apartments. Laughlin has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Laughlin 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 Laughlin built between 2000 and later ( 29.27%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 2.87%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Laughlin. Fully 23.20% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Laughlin homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Laughlin 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.
Appreciation rates for homes in Laughlin have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 94.10%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Laughlin house appreciation rate of 6.86%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Laughlin that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Laughlin real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Laughlin appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.34%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 73.72% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Laughlin. Laughlin appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.74%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 11.43%.
Relative to Nevada, our data show that Laughlin's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Nevada.
$373,760
for Nevada
for nation
4,248
$1,537 / per month