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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.
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With a population of 16,777, 5,344 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $226,169, house prices in Belle Glade are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Belle Glade, accounting for 40.16% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Belle Glade include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 26.10%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 21.28%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 8.80%).
People in Belle Glade primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) single-family detached homes. Belle Glade has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Belle Glade 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 Belle Glade built between 1940-1969 ( 34.49%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 17.88%). There's also some housing in Belle Glade built before 1939 ( 2.87%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Belle Glade. Fully 13.83% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Belle Glade homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Belle Glade real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
In the last 10 years, Belle Glade has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Belle Glade real estate appreciated 154.81% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.81%, putting Belle Glade in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Belle Glade 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 Belle Glade that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Belle Glade real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Belle Glade appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 14.51%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 97.13% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Belle Glade. Belle Glade appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.44%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 14.50%.
Importantly, this makes Belle Glade one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Belle Glade's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Belle Glade differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Belle Glade - 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 Belle Glade real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$226,169
for Florida
for nation
5,344
$1,597 / per month