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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 13,931 people, 4,763 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $727,019, East Islip house prices are not only among the most expensive in New York, East Islip real estate also is some of the most expensive in all of America.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in East Islip, accounting for 84.35% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in East Islip include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 10.63%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 4.36%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in East Islip. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 86.90% of East Islip's homes, and 71.16% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. East Islip's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 63.13% of the town's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in East Islip include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 21.88%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 13.54%). There's also some housing in East Islip built between 2000 and later ( 1.45%).
East Islip's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in East Islip during the period has been just 5.05%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, East Islip appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, East Islip's appreciation rate has been 5.96%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in East Islip were at 3.11%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.04%.
Relative to New York, our data show that East Islip's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in New York.
$727,019
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4,763
$4,464 / per month