LA PUENTE HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With a population of 36,516, 9,334 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $772,456, real estate costs in La Puente are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in La Puente, accounting for 67.79% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in La Puente include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 19.20%), row houses and other attached homes ( 8.89%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 2.92%). The most prevalent building size and type in La Puente are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.55% owning and 39.45% renting. At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. La Puente's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 67.50% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in La Puente include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 24.04%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 4.75%). There's also some housing in La Puente built before 1939 ( 3.71%). LA PUENTE HOME APPRECIATION RATES Appreciation rates for homes in La Puente have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to 蘑菇视频 data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 109.07%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average La Puente house appreciation rate of 7.65%. 蘑菇视频's data show that during the latest twelve months, La Puente's appreciation rate, at 8.45%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, La Puente's appreciation rate has been 1.60%, which annualizes to a rate of 6.54%. Relative to California, our data show that La Puente's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in California. One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within La Puente differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in La Puente - 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 La Puente real estate investment or home purchase decisions.