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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.
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With a population of 2,155, 1,055 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $384,523, St. Germain real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in St. Germain, accounting for 83.35% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in St. Germain include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.51%), mobile homes or trailers ( 5.47%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.89%).
Owner-occupied, three and four bedroom dwellings, primarily in single-family detached homes are the most prevalent type of housing you will see in St. Germain. Owner-occupied housing accounts for 81.80% of St. Germain's homes, and 49.03% have either three or four bedrooms, which is average sized relative to America.
There is a lot of housing in St. Germain 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 St. Germain built between 1940-1969 ( 30.52%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 19.46%). There's also some housing in St. Germain built before 1939 ( 4.84%).
A decent proportion of the St. Germain housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in St. Germain are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the St. Germain housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.
Appreciation rates for homes in St. Germain have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 95.81%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average St. Germain house appreciation rate of 6.95%.
Appreciation rates are so strong in St. Germain that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, St. Germain real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, St. Germain appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 14.15%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 96.80% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in St. Germain. St. Germain appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 1.16%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 4.73%.
Relative to Wisconsin, our data show that St. Germain's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 90% of the other cities and towns in Wisconsin.
$384,523
for Wisconsin
for nation
1,055
$1,195 / per month