Fastest Appreciating Cities
Cities with the strongest home value growth over the past 1, 5, and 10 years.
1
Hopkins Park
Illinois
+0.3%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$115k
Avg Home
2
Grassflat
Pennsylvania
+0.3%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$95k
Avg Home
3
Chokoloskee
Florida
+0.3%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$229k
Avg Home
4
Austin
Nevada
+0.3%
1-Year
-0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$138k
Avg Home
5
Paducah
Texas
+0.3%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$71k
Avg Home
6
Childress
Texas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$124k
Avg Home
7
Rillton
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$194k
Avg Home
8
Cloverport
Kentucky
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$111k
Avg Home
9
Fairfax
Oklahoma
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$69k
Avg Home
10
Winters
Texas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$107k
Avg Home
11
Colorado City
Arizona
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$347k
Avg Home
12
Emporium
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
-0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$83k
Avg Home
13
Sentinel
Oklahoma
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$86k
Avg Home
14
Corydon
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$152k
Avg Home
15
Pillow
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$172k
Avg Home
16
McLaughlin
South Dakota
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$104k
Avg Home
17
Hawk Run
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$111k
Avg Home
18
Knox City
Missouri
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$247k
Avg Home
19
Osborne
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$90k
Avg Home
20
Dundas
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$161k
Avg Home
21
Scheller
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$204k
Avg Home
22
New Boston
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$137k
Avg Home
23
Vergennes
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$118k
Avg Home
24
Grandfield
Oklahoma
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$57k
Avg Home
25
Weedville
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$146k
Avg Home
26
Ransom
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$99k
Avg Home
27
Crystal City
Texas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$88k
Avg Home
28
Marienville
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$123k
Avg Home
29
Stanley
Idaho
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$777k
Avg Home
30
Matherville
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$131k
Avg Home
31
New Canton
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$98k
Avg Home
32
South English
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$173k
Avg Home
33
White Pine
Michigan
+0.2%
1-Year
1.0%
5-Year CAGR
$89k
Avg Home
34
Ava
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$177k
Avg Home
35
Tovey
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$98k
Avg Home
36
Eureka
Nevada
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$213k
Avg Home
37
Edina
Missouri
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$165k
Avg Home
38
Kelly
Louisiana
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$147k
Avg Home
39
Murphysboro
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$116k
Avg Home
40
Yates City
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$129k
Avg Home
41
Springboro
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$165k
Avg Home
42
Jameson
Missouri
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$273k
Avg Home
43
Hickman
Kentucky
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$78k
Avg Home
44
Richview
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$134k
Avg Home
45
Osyka
Mississippi
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$121k
Avg Home
46
Pearl
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$127k
Avg Home
47
Browns
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$109k
Avg Home
48
Pembine
Wisconsin
+0.2%
1-Year
0.8%
5-Year CAGR
$186k
Avg Home
49
Centerville
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$166k
Avg Home
50
Ness City
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$119k
Avg Home
51
Billings
Oklahoma
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$72k
Avg Home
52
Downs
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$89k
Avg Home
53
Copper Hill
Virginia
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$241k
Avg Home
54
Westover
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$109k
Avg Home
55
Republican City
Nebraska
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$143k
Avg Home
56
Franklin Grove
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$190k
Avg Home
57
Rockport
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$111k
Avg Home
58
Olanta
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$130k
Avg Home
59
Meadowlands
Minnesota
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$176k
Avg Home
60
Battle Creek
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$121k
Avg Home
61
Sibley
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$147k
Avg Home
62
Dunbar
Wisconsin
+0.2%
1-Year
0.8%
5-Year CAGR
$196k
Avg Home
63
Niobrara
Nebraska
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$184k
Avg Home
64
Hedrick
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$168k
Avg Home
65
Kingsland
Arkansas
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$125k
Avg Home
66
Ketchum
Idaho
+0.2%
1-Year
0.8%
5-Year CAGR
$1,518k
Avg Home
67
Raymond
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$169k
Avg Home
68
Greenock
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$160k
Avg Home
69
Clarence
Missouri
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$176k
Avg Home
70
Geraldine
Montana
+0.2%
1-Year
0.6%
5-Year CAGR
$255k
Avg Home
71
Altona
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$117k
Avg Home
72
Jenners
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$84k
Avg Home
73
Tionesta
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$117k
Avg Home
74
Byrnedale
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$80k
Avg Home
75
Knoxville
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$157k
Avg Home
76
Chatsworth
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$108k
Avg Home
77
Benwood
West Virginia
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$72k
Avg Home
78
Wataga
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$135k
Avg Home
79
Townville
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$179k
Avg Home
80
Arlington
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$231k
Avg Home
81
Wilcox
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$131k
Avg Home
82
Secor
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$226k
Avg Home
83
McKee
Kentucky
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$105k
Avg Home
84
Meadview
Arizona
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$202k
Avg Home
85
Galva
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$145k
Avg Home
86
Tilden
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$68k
Avg Home
87
Natoma
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$68k
Avg Home
88
Glen Dale
West Virginia
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$141k
Avg Home
89
Barnes City
Iowa
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$126k
Avg Home
90
Elkville
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.2%
5-Year CAGR
$99k
Avg Home
91
De Soto
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$116k
Avg Home
92
Toluca
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
0.7%
5-Year CAGR
$109k
Avg Home
93
Vandemere
North Carolina
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$192k
Avg Home
94
Concord
Nebraska
+0.2%
1-Year
0.3%
5-Year CAGR
$191k
Avg Home
95
Thomas
West Virginia
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$166k
Avg Home
96
Baylis
Illinois
+0.2%
1-Year
N/A
5-Year CAGR
$125k
Avg Home
97
Brockport
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.1%
5-Year CAGR
$143k
Avg Home
98
Farrell
Pennsylvania
+0.2%
1-Year
0.4%
5-Year CAGR
$53k
Avg Home
99
Wathena
Kansas
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$147k
Avg Home
100
Middlebrook
Missouri
+0.2%
1-Year
0.5%
5-Year CAGR
$127k
Avg Home
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📊 How We Ranked These
Appreciation rankings are based on Zillow Home Value Index data. We weight recent performance (1-year) more heavily but also consider 5-year and 10-year trends to identify markets with sustained growth versus one-time spikes.
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10-Year Trend
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is appreciation a good investment strategy?
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Do past appreciation rates predict future growth?
Not always. Markets can become overvalued and stagnate or decline. Look for underlying fundamentals: job growth, population growth, limited new construction, and economic diversification - not just past price increases.