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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 25,920 people, 8,990 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $947,659, real estate costs in Hercules are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive California communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Hercules, accounting for 60.07% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Hercules include row houses and other attached homes ( 20.63%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 12.88%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.93%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in Hercules. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 79.82% of Hercules's homes, and 60.69% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in Hercules 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 Hercules built between 2000 and later ( 26.77%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 1.14%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Hercules have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 106.31%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Hercules house appreciation rate of 7.51%.
Over the last year, Hercules appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Hercules's appreciation rate has been 3.21%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Hercules were at 2.58%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 10.71%.
Relative to California, our data show that Hercules's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in California.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Hercules differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Hercules - 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 Hercules real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$947,659
for California
for nation
8,990
$4,449 / per month