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Housing in Harlem Heights

A typical Harlem Heights home is worth roughly $188,000

Home prices around Harlem Heights have risen about 38% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$188K
▼ 12.5% in a year · FL $376K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$2,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$716
FL $2,730

What kind of housing town is Harlem Heights?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 38% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Harlem Heights rose 38% over the past 5 years, slower than across Florida (60%). Last year prices fell 12%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Harlem Heights home at roughly $188,000 today.

Harlem Heights areaFlorida
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%+300%200020052010201520202025
−12%
past year
+38%
past 5 years
+71%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $188K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Harlem Heights, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.3 years of income

Less than across Florida (5 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$240,000
Typical Harlem Heights home $188K

That covers a typical Harlem Heights home, with $52K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,040
Loan $930Tax $60Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,260 a month here, $1,220 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harlem Heights’s typical property tax (0.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,260

Renters already here pay a median of $1,478, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,880
1 bedroom$1,890
2 bedrooms$2,260
3 bedrooms$2,950
4 bedrooms$3,270
51%
of households rent · FL 32%
336
renter households
77%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · FL 60%
48%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,478
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

49% of Harlem Heights households own their home

Half of Harlem Heights’s homes were built before 1993.

Owners and renters
Own 49%Rent 51%

Florida: 68% own.

1993
typical home built · FL 1988
$716
median property tax bill · FL $2,730
0.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · FL 0.76%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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