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Beattyville, KY Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

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.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Beattyville, KY Housing Market Trends

With 2,146 people, 497 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $118,489, house prices in Beattyville are some of the most affordable in Kentucky as well as the nation.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Beattyville, accounting for 54.87% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Beattyville include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 29.23%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.21%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 7.69%).

Beattyville is dominated by renter-occupied one, two, or no bedrooms apartments. 71.99% of Beattyville's dwellings are rentals.

There is a lot of housing in Beattyville 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 Beattyville built between 2000 and later ( 18.12%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 16.92%). There's also some housing in Beattyville built before 1939 ( 10.77%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Beattyville. Fully 15.04% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Beattyville homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Beattyville 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.

Beattyville Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Beattyville have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 90.17%, which ranks in the top 50% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Beattyville house appreciation rate of 6.64%.

NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Beattyville's appreciation rate, at 7.24%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Beattyville's appreciation rate has been 1.84%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.57%.

Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Beattyville's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 50% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$118,489

Beattyville, KY Home Prices
> $1,394,000
$1,046,001 - $1,394,000
$697,001 - $1,046,000
$558,001 - $697,000
$418,001 - $558,000
$279,001 - $418,000
$139,001 - $279,000
$70,001 - $139,000
$0 - $70,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.2%
4.2%
1.4%
1.4%
9.0%
9.0%
21.8%
21.8%
41.9%
41.9%
21.7%
21.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Very Low

for Kentucky

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

497

Beattyville Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$787 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
28.0%
28.0%
72.0%
72.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
15.0%
15.0%
85.0%
85.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
18.1%
18.1%
54.2%
54.2%
16.9%
16.9%
10.8%
10.8%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
54.9%
54.9%
0.0%
0.0%
8.2%
8.2%
29.2%
29.2%
7.7%
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
0.0%
0.0%
28.2%
28.2%
22.2%
22.2%
47.2%
47.2%
2.4%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

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Zip Codes in Beattyville, KY