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Boise City, ID vs Lewiston, ME

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- The median age of a home in Boise City is 83.3% younger than the median age of a home in Lewiston.
 Boise City, IDLewiston, MEUnited States
 Median Home Age36  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$246,500$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months8.4%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock78.7%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.235.4%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$17.4$11.0
 Homes Owned59.5%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock5.4%11.2%
 Homes Rented35.9%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Boise City, IDLewiston, MEUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$1,380$1,840
 Studio Apartment$980  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$840$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,380  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,400$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,280  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Boise City, IDLewiston, MEUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock0.5%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.0%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock0.4%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.4%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Boise City, IDLewiston, MEUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock4.1%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.3%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.8%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.6%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock7.7%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9993.6%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock29.6%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99927.2%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock4.0%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99913.5%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock0.8%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9994.0%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock0.0%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.3%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.4%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Boise City, IDLewiston, MEUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock5.2%13.6%
 2000 to 200911.0%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock4.8%13.6%
 1980 to 198915.8%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock10.8%14.8%
 1960 to 196922.5%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock12.3%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.9%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock34.7%12.2%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for Lewiston    7 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

Sadley, there's little hope if this town can rise up to overcome the extreme poverty of this socio-economical class in an underserved community, unless... PARENTS do  More

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I have lived and worked in Lewiston-Auburn for nearly 30 years and I think it's a wonderful place to raise a family. We sent both our kids to the Lewiston public  More

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Despite years of efforts to revitalize Maine's second largest city, it seems Lewiston will always be joked about as the "armpit" of the State. City and State leaders  More

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