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Charleston, SC vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- The median age of a home in Charleston is 103.2% younger than the median age of a home in Pacific Grove.
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age31  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$1,208,600$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months23.1%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock55.6%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.136.5%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$6.2$11.0
 Homes Owned48.7%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock18.2%11.2%
 Homes Rented38.2%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$5,140$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,550  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$3,020$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,790  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$5,210$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,800  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock4.5%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.3%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.8%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.6%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock9.8%3.6%
 Vacant Other4.0%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.2%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.7%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.0%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.2%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.9%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9993.0%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock0.6%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99923.0%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock1.0%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99911.5%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock15.6%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9997.0%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock22.4%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9992.1%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock8.5%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Charleston, SCPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock3.2%13.6%
 2000 to 200920.0%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock4.3%13.6%
 1980 to 198912.0%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock12.8%14.8%
 1960 to 196910.6%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock20.8%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.4%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock25.5%12.2%
Reviews for Charleston    76 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Charleston is beautiful and unique and incredibly special. If you don't believe me, just ask Anthony Bourdain in his Parts Unknown episode - and he was an insightful  More

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Serious lack of health care and "good old boys club" whereby doctors will not even see the patient but diagnose them based on referring doctor. My sister died there for  More

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Over 5 years ago

Boy, has this once beautiful town changed...for the worse! I initially moved here 20 years ago because the people were so nice, no traffic, great choice of hospitals,  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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