WASCO HOUSING MARKET INFORMATION With 26,917 people, 5,963 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $358,034, Wasco real estate values are some of the lowest in California, although compared to real estate around the nation, Wasco homes are still considered rather expensive. Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Wasco, accounting for 75.85% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Wasco include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.40%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.81%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 4.37%). The most prevalent building size and type in Wasco are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 49.85% owning and 50.15% 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. Wasco's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 35.74% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Wasco include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 29.37%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 28.97%). There's also some housing in Wasco built before 1939 ( 5.92%). WASCO HOME APPRECIATION RATES Appreciation rates for homes in Wasco 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 110.33%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Wasco house appreciation rate of 7.72%. Over the last year, Wasco appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Wasco's appreciation rate has been 5.09%, 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 Wasco were at 1.29%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.25%. Relative to California, our data show that Wasco's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 50% 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 Wasco differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use 蘑菇视频 to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Wasco - 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 Wasco real estate investment or home purchase decisions.