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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 8,687 people, 3,703 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $224,388, house prices in Maysville are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Maysville, accounting for 65.07% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Maysville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 19.52%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 9.54%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 5.31%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Maysville are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.67% owning and 46.33% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Maysville 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 Maysville built between 1940-1969 ( 33.64%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 18.63%). There's also some housing in Maysville built between 2000 and later ( 11.65%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Maysville. Fully 17.66% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Maysville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Maysville 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.
Some of the lowest real estate appreciation rates in America over the last ten years have been in Maysville, where house values have increased just 48.01%, which is annualized rate of 4.00%. This rate is lower than the appreciation rate found in 90% of the cities and towns in America.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Maysville that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Maysville real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Maysville appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 9.44%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 81.18% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Maysville. Maysville appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 2.52%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.45%.
Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Maysville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.
$224,388
for Kentucky
for nation
3,703
$1,251 / per month