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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 70,454 people, 30,006 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $365,206, Waukesha real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Waukesha, accounting for 50.62% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Waukesha include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 29.43%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 11.11%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 8.24%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Waukesha are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.76% owning and 43.24% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Waukesha 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 Waukesha built between 1940-1969 ( 20.90%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 16.38%). There's also some housing in Waukesha built before 1939 ( 12.35%).
Real estate appreciation rates in Waukesha's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.89% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Waukesha that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Waukesha real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Waukesha appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 8.05%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 86.97% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Waukesha. Waukesha appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 0.76%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.06%.
Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that Waukesha's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Waukesha differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Waukesha - 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 Waukesha real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$365,206
for Wisconsin
for nation
30,006
$1,666 / per month