SACRAMENTO HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With a population of 526,384, 199,401 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $558,670, Sacramento real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Sacramento, accounting for 59.61% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Sacramento include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 23.67%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.01%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 6.90%). The most prevalent building size and type in Sacramento are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 50.54% owning and 49.46% renting. There is a lot of housing in Sacramento 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 Sacramento built between 1940-1969 ( 30.42%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 22.22%). There's also some housing in Sacramento built before 1939 ( 10.99%). SACRAMENTO HOME APPRECIATION RATES In the last 10 years, Sacramento has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Sacramento real estate appreciated 121.27% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.27%, putting Sacramento in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Sacramento definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years. Over the last year, Sacramento appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Sacramento's appreciation rate has been 4.78%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, 蘑菇视频's data show that house appreciation rates in Sacramento were at 0.36%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 1.46%. Relative to California, our data show that Sacramento's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% 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 Sacramento differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Sacramento - 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 Sacramento real estate investment or home purchase decisions.