SAN MARCOS HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With a population of 94,188, 30,880 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $981,924, real estate costs in San Marcos 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 San Marcos, accounting for 51.12% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in San Marcos include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 24.08%), mobile homes or trailers ( 10.69%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 10.18%). The most prevalent building size and type in San Marcos are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 61.91% owning and 38.09% renting. There is a lot of housing in San Marcos 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 San Marcos built between 2000 and later ( 40.12%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 7.36%). SAN MARCOS HOME APPRECIATION RATES Appreciation rates for homes in San Marcos 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 107.44%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average San Marcos house appreciation rate of 7.57%. 蘑菇视频's data show that during the latest twelve months, San Marcos's appreciation rate, at 8.13%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, San Marcos's appreciation rate has been 0.12%, which annualizes to a rate of 0.47%. Relative to California, our data show that San Marcos'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 San Marcos differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in San Marcos - 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 San Marcos real estate investment or home purchase decisions.