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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 18,457 people, 6,210 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $1,148,042, Wilton house prices are not only among the most expensive in Connecticut, Wilton real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Wilton is a town of large, single-family homes. In fact, there is a higher proportion of four, five or more bedroom homes in Wilton 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 Wilton. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 87.53% of Wilton's homes, and 62.05% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Wilton 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 Wilton built between 1940-1969 ( 38.21%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 11.34%). There's also some housing in Wilton built before 1939 ( 9.42%).
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Wilton, where house values have increased just 40.82%, which is annualized rate of 3.48%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Wilton's appreciation rate, at 7.81%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Wilton's appreciation rate has been 4.76%, which annualizes to a rate of 20.46%.
Importantly, this makes Wilton one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the town's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Connecticut, our data show that Wilton's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Connecticut.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the town. Individual neighborhoods within Wilton differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Wilton - 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 Wilton real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$1,148,042
for Connecticut
for nation
6,210
$5,870 / per month