Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
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 6,322 people, 2,630 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $282,021, Oakland real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Oakland, accounting for 74.13% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Oakland include mobile homes or trailers ( 14.42%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.79%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.66%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Oakland. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 83.70% of Oakland's homes, and 58.25% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Oakland 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 Oakland built between 2000 and later ( 22.92%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 15.85%). There's also some housing in Oakland built before 1939 ( 12.44%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Oakland. Fully 18.42% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Oakland homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Oakland 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.
Real estate appreciation rates in Oakland's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.49% during the period.
Over the last year, Oakland appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Oakland's appreciation rate has been 6.48%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Oakland were at -1.14%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -4.47%.
Notably, Oakland's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Maine, our data show that Oakland's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Maine.
$282,021
for Maine
for nation
2,630
$1,304 / per month