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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 a population of 10,229, 3,992 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $148,835, house prices in Kennett are some of the most affordable in Missouri as well as the nation.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Kennett, accounting for 80.96% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Kennett include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.15%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 7.71%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 3.17%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Kennett are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.96% owning and 44.04% renting.
At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home triumphant and, with the help of the GI Bill, built homes by the millions on the edges of America's cities. These homes were predominantly capes and ranches, modest in size, but built to house a growing middle-class as the 20th century became the American century. Kennett's housing was primarily built during this period, from the '40s through the '60s. A full 44.55% of the city's housing hails from this era. Other housing ages represented in Kennett include homes built between 1970-1999 ( 38.43%) and housing constructed before 1939 ( 9.04%). There's also some housing in Kennett built between 2000 and later ( 7.98%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Kennett. Fully 16.12% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Kennett homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Kennett 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.
Kennett's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Kennett during the period has been just 5.20%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
Over the last year, Kennett appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Kennett's appreciation rate has been 0.11%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Kennett were at -0.73%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -2.89%.
Notably, Kennett's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Missouri, our data show that Kennett's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 80% of the other cities and towns in Missouri.
$148,835
for Missouri
for nation
3,992
$1,244 / per month