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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 24,869 people, 9,722 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $225,372, house prices in Ardmore are solidly below the national average.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Ardmore, accounting for 77.47% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Ardmore include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.17%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.62%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.88%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Ardmore are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 54.28% owning and 45.72% renting.
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. Ardmore's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 35.55% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Ardmore include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 33.96%) and housing constructed between 2000 and later ( 17.85%). There's also some housing in Ardmore built before 1939 ( 12.64%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Ardmore. Fully 14.01% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Ardmore homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Ardmore 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 Ardmore's have tracked to near the national average over the last then years, with the annual appreciation rate averaging 5.90% during the period.
Appreciation rates are so strong in Ardmore that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, Ardmore real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, Ardmore appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.59%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 89.65% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in Ardmore. Ardmore appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 3.30%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 13.85%.
Importantly, this makes Ardmore one of the highest appreciating communities in the nation for the latest quarter, and may signal the city's near-future real estate investment strength.
Relative to Oklahoma, our data show that Ardmore's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Oklahoma.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Ardmore differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Ardmore - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Ardmore real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$225,372
for Oklahoma
for nation
9,722
$1,511 / per month