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Bloomington, IL vs Sarasota, FL

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- The median age of a home in Bloomington is 12.2% younger than the median age of a home in Sarasota.
 Bloomington, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 Median Home Age41  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$454,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months16.3%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock93.0%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.40.7%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$7.3$11.0
 Homes Owned56.0%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock22.7%11.2%
 Homes Rented35.6%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Bloomington, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$2,070$1,840
 Studio Apartment$750  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,270$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,060  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,100$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,700  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Bloomington, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock2.7%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.0%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock1.1%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.1%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock13.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.9%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Bloomington, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.5%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.9%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.9%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9994.3%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock2.3%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99918.7%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock10.2%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99923.1%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock11.5%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9992.4%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock11.6%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9990.4%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock7.5%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock5.8%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Bloomington, ILSarasota, FLUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock10.5%13.6%
 2000 to 200915.4%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock7.2%13.6%
 1980 to 198911.0%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock23.1%14.8%
 1960 to 196917.8%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock15.6%10.0%
 1940 to 19495.0%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock6.0%12.2%
Reviews for Bloomington    18 Reviews

If you're not from here it might be hard to figure out that Bloomington and Normal are actually one city mushed together, so make sure you look up info on Normal, IL  More

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Over 11 years ago

Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  More

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Bloomington-Normal as a city is full of resturants and movie theaters. The downtown bar scene is dominated by ISU, IWU, and HCC students. The colleges can have some fun  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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