Some statistics on how Aliso Viejo housing looks compared to the rest of the nation when using the Zillow periscope.
The online housing tracker’s national databases can help add some perspective to the high price of local living.
For example, Orange County real estate by Zillow’s math — the No. 5 nationally in housing market size — has a median home value of $696,200, 13th highest in the 1,700-plus U.S. counties tracked. That’s after surging 44.7 percent in the last five years, the 212th ranked gain nationally.
Here’s how Zillow sees home values in Aliso Viejo compared to some 13,000-plus other U.S. cities …
Market size: No. 970 nationally, or in the top 8 percent.
Price: $610,800 — that’s No. 592 nationally, or in the top 5 percent.
5-year gain: 47.5 percent — that’s No. 1,887, or in the top 16 percent.
10-year gain: 10.9 percent — that’s No. 4,146, or in the top 36 percent.
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