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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 21,738 people, 8,104 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $325,810, Dickinson real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Dickinson, accounting for 76.46% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Dickinson include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 9.57%), mobile homes or trailers ( 9.12%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.12%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Dickinson. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 78.34% of Dickinson's homes, and 68.58% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Dickinson 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 Dickinson built between 2000 and later ( 24.17%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 17.40%). There's also some housing in Dickinson built before 1939 ( 2.43%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Dickinson. Fully 10.53% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Dickinson homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Dickinson 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 Dickinson have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 103.07%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Dickinson house appreciation rate of 7.34%.
Over the last year, Dickinson appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Dickinson's appreciation rate has been 3.45%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Dickinson were at 1.69%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.92%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Dickinson's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Dickinson differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Dickinson - 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 Dickinson real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$325,810
for Texas
for nation
8,104
$1,628 / per month