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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 6,539 people, 2,304 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $541,734, De Soto real estate is some of the most expensive in Kansas, although De Soto home values aren't among America's most expensive.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in De Soto, accounting for 69.29% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in De Soto include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 11.23%), mobile homes or trailers ( 9.38%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 6.12%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in De Soto. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 72.30% of De Soto's homes, and 65.23% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in De Soto 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 De Soto built between 2000 and later ( 25.81%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 15.88%). There's also some housing in De Soto built before 1939 ( 3.02%).
Appreciation rates for homes in De Soto have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 115.75%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average De Soto house appreciation rate of 7.99%.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, De Soto's appreciation rate, at 7.47%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, De Soto's appreciation rate has been 1.07%, which annualizes to a rate of 4.34%.
Relative to Kansas, our data show that De Soto's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in Kansas.
$541,734
for Kansas
for nation
2,304
$1,600 / per month