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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 8,736, 3,466 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $247,174, house prices in Wharton are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Wharton, accounting for 55.96% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wharton include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 26.52%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 10.58%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.00%).
People in Wharton primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Wharton has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Wharton 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 Wharton built between 1940-1969 ( 28.13%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 13.82%). There's also some housing in Wharton built before 1939 ( 3.34%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Wharton. Fully 15.53% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Wharton homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Wharton 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Wharton's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.05% during the period.
Over the last year, Wharton appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Wharton's appreciation rate has been 4.52%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Wharton were at 1.51%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 6.17%.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Wharton's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
$247,174
for Texas
for nation
3,466
$1,382 / per month