Appreciation Velocity — Fastest-Growing Cities & ZIPs
Rank cities, ZIPs, counties, and states by 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, and 10-year home-price appreciation. Find markets accelerating fastest right now.
Public Record
Top 10 — 3Y appreciation (Countys)
#1 · Richland, OH
+4,743.2%
#2 · Saguache, CO
+2,096.4%
#3 · Braxton, WV
+1,657.6%
#4 · Monroe, OH
+1,483.3%
#5 · Jefferson, IN
+1,060.9%
#6 · Clay, WV
+1,007.1%
#7 · Scott, AR
+625.9%
#8 · Yellow Medicine, MN
+567.8%
#9 · Walker, GA
+506.8%
#10 · Henry, KY
+496.1%
County ranking — 3Y appreciation (highest first)
| # | County | State | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | Current median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richland, OH | OH | +2,868.3% | +4,743.2% | +4,071.8% | +5,244.3% | $6.74M |
| 2 | Saguache, CO | CO | +191.4% | +2,096.4% | -30.1% | +22.5% | $607.7K |
| 3 | Braxton, WV | WV | +105.4% | +1,657.6% | +81.0% | — | $362.5K |
| 4 | Monroe, OH | OH | +44.0% | +1,483.3% | +52.0% | +124.9% | $190K |
| 5 | Jefferson, IN | IN | +4.8% | +1,060.9% | +103.7% | +21.4% | $267K |
| 6 | Clay, WV | WV | +112.0% | +1,007.1% | +224.4% | +55.1% | $310K |
| 7 | Scott, AR | AR | +1,082.3% | +625.9% | +647.4% | +1,559.9% | $1.54M |
| 8 | Yellow Medicine, MN | MN | +64.7% | +567.8% | +60.3% | +94.7% | $180.3K |
| 9 | Walker, GA | GA | +161.3% | +506.8% | +488.6% | +722.0% | $1.06M |
| 10 | Henry, KY | KY | +51.2% | +496.1% | +253.0% | +716.5% | $884.7K |
| 11 | Las Animas, CO | CO | +398.9% | +479.8% | +421.9% | +817.7% | $1.47M |
| 12 | Pottawattamie, IA | IA | +380.3% | +478.3% | +589.4% | +767.0% | $1.13M |
| 13 | Carroll, VA | VA | +2,210.4% | +473.0% | +562.5% | +759.2% | $1.22M |
| 14 | Sierra, CA | CA | -68.6% | +466.7% | +101.4% | +132.2% | $425K |
| 15 | Charles City, VA | VA | +98.6% | +465.9% | +256.4% | +383.5% | $805K |
| 16 | Essex, VA | VA | +86.8% | +438.1% | +480.4% | +516.9% | $921K |
| 17 | St. Croix, VI | VI | -66.7% | +415.5% | +90.4% | +0.1% | $455.3K |
| 18 | Ottawa, OK | OK | +10.2% | +414.6% | +24.6% | +68.3% | $257.3K |
| 19 | Conejos, CO | CO | +8.7% | +391.5% | +65.7% | +440.0% | $405K |
| 20 | Sebastian, AR | AR | +366.9% | +379.4% | +287.4% | +315.2% | $740K |
| 21 | Wayne, IA | IA | -25.1% | +342.6% | -33.4% | +188.0% | $110.7K |
| 22 | Union, SC | SC | +62.5% | +336.1% | +347.9% | +534.2% | $684.8K |
| 23 | Franklin, IA | IA | +150.7% | +335.7% | +207.7% | +279.6% | $305K |
| 24 | Montgomery, IL | IL | +234.5% | +328.2% | +390.9% | +254.3% | $429.5K |
| 25 | Clay, OK | OK | +90.0% | +327.9% | — | +184.7% | $213.5K |
| 26 | Sawyer, WI | WI | -28.4% | +321.7% | -10.9% | +26.8% | $189.8K |
| 27 | Iowa, WI | WI | +202.3% | +321.3% | +329.9% | +682.9% | $1.11M |
| 28 | Danville City, VA | VA | +67.2% | +321.1% | +288.0% | +224.5% | $400K |
| 29 | Montgomery, GA | GA | +112.9% | +318.4% | +588.3% | +255.7% | $855K |
| 30 | Franklin, ME | ME | -12.8% | +318.2% | -3.5% | +151.2% | $345K |
| 31 | Hillsborough, NH | NH | +257.6% | +316.5% | +274.2% | +629.1% | $1.98M |
| 32 | Siskiyou, CA | CA | +174.3% | +309.2% | +436.8% | +503.6% | $1.24M |
| 33 | Shasta, CA | CA | +179.2% | +304.2% | +235.0% | +308.0% | $1.05M |
| 34 | Surry, VA | VA | +289.0% | +301.2% | +342.4% | +161.6% | $957K |
| 35 | Cumberland, KY | KY | +96.4% | +299.5% | +264.1% | +572.5% | $576.3K |
| 36 | Webster, IA | IA | +135.9% | +292.5% | +148.8% | +266.6% | $384.3K |
| 37 | Green, KY | KY | +16.0% | +290.0% | +33.3% | +178.1% | $250K |
| 38 | Rio Grande, CO | CO | -10.2% | +278.8% | -19.2% | +41.5% | $175.7K |
| 39 | Clayton, GA | GA | +17.7% | +276.0% | +139.7% | +272.7% | $841.7K |
| 40 | Sharp, AR | AR | +618.1% | +273.9% | +289.6% | +334.1% | $525K |
| 41 | Lake, CO | CO | -51.6% | +272.9% | +97.4% | +240.0% | $652.5K |
| 42 | Charlton, GA | GA | +122.1% | +269.6% | -15.5% | +416.5% | $406.5K |
| 43 | Marion, AL | AL | +180.4% | +262.6% | +83.5% | +516.3% | $520K |
| 44 | Greene, IL | IL | -15.1% | +261.3% | +32.0% | — | $84.9K |
| 45 | Union, SD | SD | -0.9% | +259.1% | +24.9% | +61.9% | $388.3K |
| 46 | Kent, MD | MD | +89.0% | +256.7% | +139.3% | +242.0% | $709K |
| 47 | Colquitt, GA | GA | +56.4% | +254.7% | +95.6% | +165.6% | $414.8K |
| 48 | Lincoln, SD | SD | -18.9% | +253.3% | — | — | $433.7K |
| 49 | Washington, ME | ME | +121.5% | +248.7% | +107.7% | +185.1% | $425K |
| 50 | Vinton, OH | OH | +14.8% | +245.3% | +79.6% | +81.9% | $200.7K |
| 51 | Benton, TN | TN | +24.8% | +237.6% | +227.5% | +172.5% | $377.9K |
| 52 | Tallapoosa, AL | AL | +22.3% | +235.8% | +95.3% | +180.3% | $746K |
| 53 | Delaware, IA | IA | +44.0% | +229.4% | +283.4% | -84.9% | $387.8K |
| 54 | Crenshaw, AL | AL | -28.6% | +214.3% | — | — | $750K |
| 55 | Ringgold, IA | IA | +292.9% | +213.4% | +135.8% | +111.7% | $440.3K |
| 56 | Dillon, SC | SC | +38.4% | +213.3% | +124.7% | +160.2% | $286.8K |
| 57 | Genesee, NY | NY | +60.4% | +211.9% | +104.6% | +204.3% | $302.1K |
| 58 | York, NE | NE | +119.4% | +209.2% | +384.3% | +355.5% | $484.5K |
| 59 | Brooke, WV | WV | +33.6% | +208.8% | -87.9% | +105.8% | $193K |
| 60 | Carroll, IL | IL | +17.3% | +206.3% | +90.6% | +136.1% | $506.8K |
| 61 | Escambia, AL | AL | +9.1% | +203.5% | +44.5% | — | $220K |
| 62 | Nobles, MN | MN | +67.5% | +201.6% | +182.3% | +235.3% | $466.1K |
| 63 | Hardy, WV | WV | +77.3% | +200.1% | +308.5% | +394.6% | $712.5K |
| 64 | Kimball, NE | NE | -27.0% | +200.0% | +23.4% | +166.3% | $135K |
| 65 | Knox, IN | IN | +127.5% | +198.8% | +192.9% | +210.6% | $456.9K |
| 66 | Moore, TN | TN | +12.3% | +198.2% | +214.4% | +157.1% | $547K |
| 67 | Mitchell, IA | IA | +42.1% | +195.6% | +82.7% | +21.7% | $292.8K |
| 68 | Polk, AR | AR | -3.3% | +194.8% | +86.7% | +229.0% | $341K |
| 69 | Knox, NE | NE | +86.2% | +192.7% | +0.2% | +300.2% | $300K |
| 70 | Centre, PA | PA | +186.3% | +191.8% | +162.7% | +301.7% | $841.1K |
| 71 | Pickett, TN | TN | -13.0% | +188.2% | +7.0% | +23.3% | $205.3K |
| 72 | Orleans, VT | VT | +57.7% | +187.9% | +134.7% | +239.5% | $496.5K |
| 73 | Pendleton, KY | KY | -14.8% | +187.3% | +24.0% | +71.3% | $179.6K |
| 74 | Bertie, NC | NC | +121.3% | +186.5% | +89.5% | +173.9% | $279K |
| 75 | Custer, CO | CO | +21.6% | +185.8% | +57.6% | +58.7% | $414K |
| 76 | McDowell, NC | NC | +38.7% | +184.5% | +11.7% | +119.6% | $282.9K |
| 77 | Mingo, WV | WV | +139.5% | +183.5% | — | — | $190K |
| 78 | Clark, WI | WI | +23.6% | +182.4% | -5.4% | +30.2% | $183.6K |
| 79 | McIntosh, GA | GA | +75.4% | +181.5% | +73.2% | +239.6% | $422.3K |
| 80 | Hopkins, KY | KY | +167.2% | +179.5% | +189.5% | +305.1% | $424.2K |
| 81 | Jackson, WV | WV | +90.7% | +178.8% | +299.1% | — | $411.3K |
| 82 | Franklin, VT | VT | +28.5% | +177.0% | +56.4% | +106.2% | $349K |
| 83 | Gates, NC | NC | -14.0% | +176.2% | -4.1% | +26.4% | $250.3K |
| 84 | Wood, WV | WV | +177.1% | +175.0% | +257.3% | +327.7% | $612.3K |
| 85 | Clarke, GA | GA | +74.0% | +172.7% | +141.6% | +229.7% | $739.7K |
| 86 | Rusk, WI | WI | -6.6% | +170.7% | +22.4% | +35.8% | $151K |
| 87 | Gibson, IN | IN | +117.7% | +170.6% | +93.6% | +120.2% | $267.9K |
| 88 | Hitchcock, NE | NE | +47.1% | +167.9% | +114.3% | +150.0% | $150K |
| 89 | Kosciusko, IN | IN | +68.8% | +167.7% | +225.3% | +394.3% | $783.5K |
| 90 | Nowata, OK | OK | -52.1% | +164.8% | -53.4% | -3.5% | $111.2K |
| 91 | Overton, TN | TN | +24.7% | +164.6% | +194.4% | +282.0% | $480.1K |
| 92 | Harrison, KY | KY | +16.9% | +164.5% | +118.2% | +211.5% | $300.1K |
| 93 | Luzerne, PA | PA | +79.5% | +161.7% | +230.3% | +304.3% | $481.7K |
| 94 | Pickens, AL | AL | +18.7% | +161.5% | -2.5% | -32.5% | $181.6K |
| 95 | Wayne, WV | WV | -18.3% | +161.3% | +138.0% | +79.9% | $264.4K |
| 96 | Haywood, TN | TN | -40.2% | +161.0% | +52.1% | +87.6% | $215K |
| 97 | Nuckolls, NE | NE | +58.2% | +160.3% | +253.3% | +657.8% | $296.8K |
| 98 | Le Sueur, MN | MN | +92.7% | +159.7% | +155.7% | +214.2% | $544K |
| 99 | Halifax, VA | VA | +74.0% | +158.5% | +130.2% | +73.2% | $381.1K |
| 100 | Sherman, NE | NE | +199.0% | +157.1% | +113.4% | +395.0% | $495K |
How to read these numbers
Velocity vs. level
A market with 25% one-year appreciation is moving fast — but a market with steady 6% over ten years has compounded much further. Use 10Y as the long-run signal, 1Y as the momentum signal.
Mean-reversion risk
Markets that posted huge 1Y and 3Y gains often cool over the next cycle. Compare 1Y to 5Y: if 1Y is far above 5Y, the trend is accelerating; if far below, it is decelerating — often the more important signal.
Sample sanity
We require a minimum current median price (default $50K) to filter out tiny ZIPs with noisy data. Raise that threshold for serious investment markets; lower it to find emerging niches. Source: public record.