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 5,809 people, 2,770 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $808,375, real estate costs in Salida are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive Colorado communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Salida, accounting for 70.69% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Salida include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 12.91%), mobile homes or trailers ( 8.55%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 4.20%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Salida are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.19% owning and 39.81% renting.
The housing in Salida was primarily built before 1939 ( 31.69%), making the housing stock in Salida some of the oldest overall in America, although there is a range of ages of homes in Salida. The next most important housing age is between 1970-1999 ( 29.62%), followed by between 2000 and later ( 25.81%). There's also some housing in Salida built between 1940-1969 ( 12.87%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Salida. Fully 11.95% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Salida homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Salida 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.
In the last 10 years, Salida has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. Salida real estate appreciated 146.60% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.45%, putting Salida in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, Salida definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.
Over the last year, Salida appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Salida's appreciation rate has been 4.00%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Salida were at -0.63%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.49%.
Notably, Salida's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Colorado, our data show that Salida's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Colorado.
$808,375
for Colorado
for nation
2,770
$2,889 / per month