2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Providence, RI vs Lancaster, PA

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- The median age of a home in Providence is 31.8% older than the median age of a home in Lancaster.
 Providence, RILancaster, PAUnited States
 Median Home Age664542
 Median Home Cost$350,800$171,000$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months13.6%15.6%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.61.0%59.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.100.0%81.4%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$15.9$16.0$11.0
 Homes Owned34.4%44.0%57.4%
 Housing Vacant14.1%5.5%11.2%
 Homes Rented51.5%50.5%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Providence, RILancaster, PAUnited States
 Average Rent$1,800$1,630$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,130$900$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,240$1,040$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,490$1,300$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,820$1,650$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,250$1,750$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Providence, RILancaster, PAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent3.8%1.4%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.5%0.5%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.7%0.6%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.2%0.4%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.1%0.9%3.6%
 Vacant Other7.7%1.8%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Providence, RILancaster, PAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.6%1.0%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.5%0.6%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.4%3.7%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9991.1%7.2%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9991.3%11.5%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9998.2%28.0%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99919.3%23.9%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99934.7%16.3%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99914.0%3.9%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9994.1%1.4%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9998.1%1.5%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9993.5%0.4%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9991.8%0.2%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.4%0.0%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over1.1%0.5%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Providence, RILancaster, PAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%0.0%0.2%
 2010 to 20144.6%2.0%13.6%
 2000 to 20094.6%2.0%13.6%
 1990 to 19994.6%2.4%13.6%
 1980 to 19895.7%4.7%13.2%
 1970 to 19797.9%7.5%14.8%
 1960 to 19694.6%2.4%13.6%
 1950 to 19597.1%11.5%10.0%
 1940 to 19495.7%9.5%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier57.7%52.5%12.2%
Reviews for Providence    19 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I think I hate this city more then my  More

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Over 8 years ago

I currently live in Rockford IL and just graduated college for broadcasting. I want to move out of this depressing, negative city and was thinking about Providence,  More

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And I've been to San Francisco and Seattle, so that's saying a lot. If you like pot, good for you, my annoyance is with all the people who smoke pot plainly in  More

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Reviews for Lancaster    14 Reviews

Lancaster is really nice in some parts, but it seems like the further away you get from downtown the worse it gets. I grew up around Saint Joseph and manor and saw  More

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I was there last weekend and was extremely favorably impressed. The only hesitation, and question, I have about the place is the high crime rate. It is hard to tell from  More

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Over 10 years ago

Lancaster is the nation's oldest inland city located in central PA amid Amish farmlands. Walkable and soon to be bike friendly, it offers a variety of great restaurants  More

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