2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Columbia, MD vs Poughkeepsie, NY

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- The median age of a home in Columbia is 79.5% younger than the median age of a home in Poughkeepsie.
 Columbia, MDPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Median Home Age397042
 Median Home Cost$441,800$234,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months10.6%13.2%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.35.6%57.7%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.49.5%68.9%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$13.5$25.3$11.0
 Homes Owned62.2%34.3%57.4%
 Housing Vacant4.6%7.5%11.2%
 Homes Rented33.1%58.2%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Columbia, MDPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Average Rent$2,590$1,940$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,420$1,100$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,640$1,210$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,020$1,540$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,620$1,970$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,000$2,180$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Columbia, MDPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Vacant For Rent2.2%1.8%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.2%0.7%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.6%0.7%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.0%0.0%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.7%0.3%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.0%4.1%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Columbia, MDPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 Less Than $20,0000.7%4.0%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.7%0.8%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.0%0.7%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.0%1.7%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9990.5%2.5%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9992.2%13.0%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,9993.0%22.0%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99914.9%32.3%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99928.2%14.4%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99921.0%4.2%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99922.7%3.0%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9995.2%0.5%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.7%0.5%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.1%0.3%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.1%0.2%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Columbia, MDPoughkeepsie, NYUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%0.3%0.2%
 2010 to 20147.5%2.1%13.6%
 2000 to 20097.5%2.1%13.6%
 1990 to 199917.0%3.8%13.6%
 1980 to 198926.0%6.3%13.2%
 1970 to 197931.4%13.9%14.8%
 1960 to 196917.0%3.8%13.6%
 1950 to 19591.9%11.9%10.0%
 1940 to 19490.3%8.7%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier1.0%40.6%12.2%
Reviews for Columbia    28 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

Lived here for a while, beautiful opportunities, pays well, overall nice  More

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Been here 30 years was great at first but once they added a transit bus from baltimore to columbia 15-18 years ago that was the beginning of the end. And about 5 years  More

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Columbia can be described in one word: unequal. The neighborhood I live in, River Hill, is jam-packed with almost million-dollar homes, while the neighborhoods of Long  More

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Reviews for Poughkeepsie    10 Reviews

Over 6 years ago

I have mixed feelings about Poughkeepsie because there are equally as many things I love about that town as there are things I hate about it so I'm just going to write a  More

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Over 11 years ago

Prices are high here. housing is easily 25-30percent of our monthly  More

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Over 12 years ago

It'd be great if jobs were available. This city is OK but COL is so much higher in NY than where I was raised in South Maybe I should head  More

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