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Seneca, SC vs Sarasota, FL

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- The median age of a home in Seneca is 2.2% younger than the median age of a home in Sarasota.
 Seneca, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Median Home Age454642
 Median Home Cost$266,000$454,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months21.9%31.2%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.68.9%93.0%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.105.6%211.6%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$4.9$7.3$11.0
 Homes Owned51.6%43.7%57.4%
 Housing Vacant12.2%22.7%11.2%
 Homes Rented36.2%33.6%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Seneca, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Average Rent$1,170$2,070$1,840
 Studio Apartment$630$1,060$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$720$1,270$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$940$1,580$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,190$2,100$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,260$2,500$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Seneca, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Vacant For Rent3.4%2.7%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.0%0.5%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.0%1.1%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.5%0.3%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.5%13.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other7.8%4.6%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Seneca, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.8%1.5%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.3%1.1%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9995.0%0.9%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9994.2%1.7%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9994.1%2.3%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99916.0%11.2%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99931.7%10.2%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99919.8%18.6%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,9998.8%11.5%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9993.0%5.5%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9993.5%11.6%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9991.8%7.8%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.0%7.5%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%2.8%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.0%5.8%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Seneca, SCSarasota, FLUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%0.5%0.2%
 2010 to 201415.7%10.5%13.6%
 2000 to 200915.7%10.5%13.6%
 1990 to 19999.9%7.2%13.6%
 1980 to 19898.7%13.8%13.2%
 1970 to 197918.4%23.1%14.8%
 1960 to 19699.9%7.2%13.6%
 1950 to 19597.3%15.6%10.0%
 1940 to 19498.4%3.9%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier7.9%6.0%12.2%
Reviews for Seneca    7 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

Our family has now been here for 2 years. There's nothing not to love about this city. Asides from the gorgeous scenery and a college town right up the road, Seneca has  More

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For one thing, the statistics that this website gives are wrong. Allow me to give you a true sense of what Seneca, SC is like. The people who live here are primarily  More

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I begged my ex husband to move out west, where I had family, because I needed help with our son who was just starting to show what we now realize were signs of  More

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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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