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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 28,255, 9,150 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $230,380, house prices in Eagle Pass are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Eagle Pass, accounting for 68.61% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Eagle Pass include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 14.26%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 13.22%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 2.96%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Eagle Pass are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.83% owning and 44.17% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Eagle Pass 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 Eagle Pass built between 2000 and later ( 29.81%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 21.13%). There's also some housing in Eagle Pass built before 1939 ( 4.55%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Eagle Pass. Fully 10.60% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Eagle Pass homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Eagle Pass 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Eagle Pass, where house values have increased just 53.09%, which is annualized rate of 4.35%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Eagle Pass's appreciation rate, at 5.37%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Eagle Pass's appreciation rate has been 1.51%, which annualizes to a rate of 6.17%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Eagle Pass's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% 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 Eagle Pass differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Eagle Pass - 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 Eagle Pass real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$230,380
for Texas
for nation
9,150
$1,170 / per month