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Madison, AL vs Chico, CA

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- The median age of a home in Madison is 69.6% younger than the median age of a home in Chico.
 Madison, ALChico, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age233942
 Median Home Cost$356,000$440,000$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months23.2%9.0%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.77.4%53.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.85.8%129.9%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$5.4$7.9$11.0
 Homes Owned71.8%40.5%57.4%
 Housing Vacant3.0%8.4%11.2%
 Homes Rented25.2%51.1%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Madison, ALChico, CAUnited States
 Average Rent$1,610$1,880$1,840
 Studio Apartment$880$970$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,050$1,020$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,240$1,340$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,630$1,910$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,940$2,280$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Madison, ALChico, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent0.3%3.3%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.1%1.9%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.8%0.6%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%0.6%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.4%0.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.1%1.4%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Madison, ALChico, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.2%1.4%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.0%3.2%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.5%1.9%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.2%1.4%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9992.4%0.5%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9996.9%1.5%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99914.3%2.3%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99929.4%14.8%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99918.6%33.1%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99914.2%20.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9999.2%14.9%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9991.7%3.3%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.3%1.2%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%0.1%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.1%0.4%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Madison, ALChico, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.2%0.4%0.2%
 2010 to 201426.3%11.6%13.6%
 2000 to 200926.3%11.6%13.6%
 1990 to 199925.9%16.0%13.6%
 1980 to 198915.9%18.6%13.2%
 1970 to 19796.7%17.3%14.8%
 1960 to 196925.9%16.0%13.6%
 1950 to 19591.4%9.0%10.0%
 1940 to 19490.7%5.1%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier1.0%7.2%12.2%
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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews
Tim · Madison, AL
Low cost of living
This Year

My wife and I moved from Atlanta, GA area in 2016 when I retired. We have now lived in Huntsville for 4 years and now in Madison for almost 4 years. We were thinking  More

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Co Co · Harvest, AL
No Southern Hospitality Here
Over 7 years ago

Low crime. Traffic not too bad even during peak times. Covert classim and racism. A stick with our own mentality. Not very diverse primarily just blacks and whites.  More

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Ordinary American · Madison, AL
Madison is nice for raising a family, but gets bor
Over 7 years ago

Madison is nice. The schools are excellent, which is why we chose to live here. The job market is good for anyone with an engineering degree or ex military, but for  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews
Andrew · Chico, CA
Imperfect but still very nice
Over 2 years ago

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Uuwuu · 
Decent.
Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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Dana · Chico, CA
Crime in chico is not up stop believing the hype
Over 2 years ago

I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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