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Cathedral City, CA vs Madison, AL

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- The median age of a home in Cathedral City is 32.4% older than the median age of a home in Madison.
 Cathedral City, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Median Home Age34  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$356,000$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months21.9%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock77.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.191.0%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$5.4$11.0
 Homes Owned50.5%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock3.0%11.2%
 Homes Rented30.3%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Cathedral City, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$1,610$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,250  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,050$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,710  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,630$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,850  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Cathedral City, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock0.3%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.2%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock0.4%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.6%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Cathedral City, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.2%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9993.5%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.5%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9992.9%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock2.4%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9993.4%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock14.3%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99921.0%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock18.6%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99912.0%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock9.2%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9991.5%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock0.3%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.4%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.1%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Cathedral City, CAMadison, ALUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.5%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock26.3%13.6%
 2000 to 200918.6%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock25.9%13.6%
 1980 to 198930.6%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock6.7%14.8%
 1960 to 196919.8%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock1.4%10.0%
 1940 to 19490.9%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock1.0%12.2%
Reviews for Cathedral City    3 Reviews

Cathedral City is cheaper than Palm Springs and a few other local cities. It has lovely mountain views. It's a decidely middle-middle class community, especially on  More

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Cathedral City enjoys the lowest crime rate in the entire Coachella  More

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Relatively because it depends on where you came from. We moved here from Denver. There's been one murder here this year. I feel rather safe in this area as far as  More

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Reviews for Madison    11 Reviews

Over 1 years ago

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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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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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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