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With a population of 50,547, 17,224 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $1,263,333, El Dorado Hills house prices are not only among the most expensive in California, El Dorado Hills real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
El Dorado Hills is a town of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in El Dorado Hills than is found in 98% of the communities in America.
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in El Dorado Hills. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 86.80% of El Dorado Hills's homes, and 72.55% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
El Dorado Hills homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 53.03% of El Dorado Hills's housing was built since 2000, making the town have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the El Dorado Hills real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 42.61%), and between 1940-1969 ( 4.20%).
In the last 10 years, El Dorado Hills has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. El Dorado Hills real estate appreciated 125.78% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 8.48%, putting El Dorado Hills in the top 20% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, El Dorado Hills definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Appreciation rates are so strong in El Dorado Hills that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, El Dorado Hills real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, El Dorado Hills appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 29.70%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 99.07% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in El Dorado Hills. El Dorado Hills appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 24.60%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 141.01%.
Importantly, NeighborhoodScout’s exclusive research found that El Dorado Hills's housing market shows one of the <a href="/blog/highest-appreciating-cities">top real estate appreciation rates in the U.S.A.</a> in the latest quarter, which may signal the city’s near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to California, our data show that El Dorado Hills's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% 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 town. Individual neighborhoods within El Dorado Hills differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in El Dorado Hills - 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 El Dorado Hills real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$1,263,333
for California
for nation
17,224
$3,522 / per month