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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 1,886, 787 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $272,531, Blacksburg real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Blacksburg, accounting for 51.50% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Blacksburg include mobile homes or trailers ( 22.91%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.68%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.46%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Blacksburg are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 37.48% owning and 62.52% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Blacksburg 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 Blacksburg built between 1940-1969 ( 23.92%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 12.90%). There's also some housing in Blacksburg built between 2000 and later ( 5.56%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Blacksburg. Fully 12.46% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Blacksburg homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Blacksburg 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.
In the last 10 years, Blacksburg has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Blacksburg real estate appreciated 134.37% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.89%, putting Blacksburg in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Blacksburg definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Blacksburg that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Blacksburg real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Blacksburg appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 13.57%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 96.21% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Blacksburg. Blacksburg appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 0.52%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 2.08%.
Notably, Blacksburg's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to South Carolina, our data show that Blacksburg's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in South Carolina.
$272,531
for South carolina
for nation
787
$1,350 / per month