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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 5,092, 2,304 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $147,997, house prices in Ayden are some of the most affordable in North Carolina as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Ayden, accounting for 68.40% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Ayden include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 16.93%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.94%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.77%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Ayden are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.84% owning and 46.16% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Ayden 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 Ayden built between 1940-1969 ( 29.99%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 23.37%). There's also some housing in Ayden built before 1939 ( 13.35%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Ayden. Fully 15.73% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Ayden homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Ayden 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 Ayden's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 6.59% during the period.
Over the last year, Ayden appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Ayden's appreciation rate has been 2.67%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Ayden were at -0.70%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.78%.
Notably, Ayden's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to North Carolina, our data show that Ayden's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 90% of the other cities and towns in North Carolina.
$147,997
for North carolina
for nation
2,304
$1,284 / per month