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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 29,167, 9,924 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $473,046, Waukee real estate is some of the most expensive in Iowa, although Waukee home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Waukee, accounting for 58.68% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Waukee include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 22.80%), row houses and other attached homes ( 9.65%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.19%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Waukee. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 70.47% of Waukee's homes, and 56.93% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
Waukee homes and real estate are some of the newest in America. 76.36% of Waukee's housing was built since 2000, making the city have a very new look and feel. If you like the amenities of newer homes and subdivisions, then you will probably like what the Waukee real estate market has to offer. Quite a bit of the housing here was also built between 1970-1999 ( 17.61%), and between 1940-1969 ( 4.18%). There's also some housing in Waukee built before 1939 ( 1.85%).
Waukee's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Waukee during the period has been just 5.16%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Waukee appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Waukee's appreciation rate has been 7.37%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Waukee were at 2.60%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.82%.
Relative to Iowa, our data show that Waukee's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Iowa.
$473,046
for Iowa
for nation
9,924
$1,577 / per month