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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 40,816 people, 15,376 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $567,860, Germantown house prices are not only among the most expensive in Tennessee, Germantown real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Germantown is a city of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Germantown than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Germantown. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 87.30% of Germantown's homes, and 69.90% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Germantown 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 Germantown built between 2000 and later ( 18.05%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 7.70%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Germantown's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.96% during the period.
Over the last year, Germantown appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Germantown's appreciation rate has been 2.18%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Germantown were at 0.51%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 2.06%.
Notably, Germantown's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Tennessee, our data show that Germantown's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in Tennessee.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Germantown differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Germantown - 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 Germantown real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$567,860
for Tennessee
for nation
15,376
$3,007 / per month