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 4,255 people, 2,062 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $255,566, Boyertown real estate and house prices are near the national average for all cities and towns.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Boyertown, accounting for 31.35% of the borough's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Boyertown include row houses and other attached homes ( 24.54%), single-family detached homes ( 23.75%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 19.48%). Boroughs that are predominantly high-density buildings are relatively uncommon in the US. Because of the density, these types of boroughs are often walkable and compact, and often have a lively downtown.
People in Boyertown primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) units, chiefly found in large apartment complexes or high rise apartments. Boyertown has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
The housing in Boyertown was primarily built before 1939 ( 44.76%), making the housing stock in Boyertown some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Boyertown. The next most important housing age is between 1970-1999 ( 24.49%), followed by between 1940-1969 ( 23.98%). There's also some housing in Boyertown built between 2000 and later ( 6.77%).
Boyertown's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Boyertown during the period has been just 5.68%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Boyertown's appreciation rate, at 9.32%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Boyertown's appreciation rate has been -0.36%, which annualizes to a rate of -1.42%.
Relative to Pennsylvania, our data show that Boyertown's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Pennsylvania.
$255,566
for Pennsylvania
for nation
2,062
$2,062 / per month