Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 a population of 15,774, 4,484 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $891,519, real estate costs in Artesia 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 Artesia, accounting for 70.31% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Artesia include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 13.81%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.18%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.73%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Artesia are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 49.96% owning and 50.04% 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. Artesia's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 57.76% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Artesia include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 29.81%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 6.49%). There's also some housing in Artesia built before 1939 ( 5.93%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Artesia have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 92.46%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Artesia house appreciation rate of 6.77%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Artesia's appreciation rate, at 6.73%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Artesia's appreciation rate has been 2.09%, which annualizes to a rate of 8.62%.
Relative to California, our data show that Artesia's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in California.
$891,519
for California
for nation
4,484
$3,322 / per month