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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 3,727 people, 1,441 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $133,519, house prices in Stilwell are some of the most affordable in Oklahoma as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Stilwell, accounting for 54.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Stilwell include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 22.17%), mobile homes or trailers ( 13.33%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.35%).
People in Stilwell primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Stilwell has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Stilwell 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 Stilwell built between 1940-1969 ( 20.79%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 12.18%). There's also some housing in Stilwell built before 1939 ( 2.99%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Stilwell. Fully 17.23% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Stilwell homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Stilwell 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.
Stilwell's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Stilwell during the period has been just 5.13%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Stilwell that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Stilwell real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Stilwell appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.52%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 75.90% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Stilwell. Stilwell appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.30%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.85%.
Importantly, this makes Stilwell one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Oklahoma, our data show that Stilwell's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% of the other cities and towns in Oklahoma.
$133,519
for Oklahoma
for nation
1,441
$936 / per month