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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 a population of 11,273, 4,160 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $624,158, real estate costs in Satellite Beach are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Florida communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Satellite Beach, accounting for 65.55% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Satellite Beach include row houses and other attached homes ( 15.95%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.19%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.95%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Satellite Beach. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 84.89% of Satellite Beach's homes, and 75.28% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Satellite Beach 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 Satellite Beach built between 1940-1969 ( 36.83%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 15.76%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Satellite Beach. Fully 11.64% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Satellite Beach homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Satellite Beach 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, Satellite Beach has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Satellite Beach real estate appreciated 164.66% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 10.22%, putting Satellite Beach in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Satellite Beach definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Satellite Beach appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Satellite Beach's appreciation rate has been 1.89%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Satellite Beach were at -0.63%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.49%.
Notably, Satellite Beach's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Florida, our data show that Satellite Beach's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Florida.
$624,158
for Florida
for nation
4,160
$2,958 / per month