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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 2,472 people, 889 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $106,132, house prices in Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon, accounting for 55.53% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Mount Vernon include mobile homes or trailers ( 19.25%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 16.17%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.60%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Mount Vernon are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 44.03% owning and 55.97% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon built between 1940-1969 ( 24.35%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 21.08%). There's also some housing in Mount Vernon built before 1939 ( 5.97%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Mount Vernon. Fully 14.44% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Mount Vernon homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Mount Vernon 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.
Mount Vernon's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Mount Vernon during the period has been just 5.14%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Mount Vernon's appreciation rate, at 6.80%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Mount Vernon's appreciation rate has been 1.84%, which annualizes to a rate of 7.57%.
Relative to Kentucky, our data show that Mount Vernon's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Kentucky.
$106,132
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