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East Lansing, MI vs Bethesda, MD

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- The median age of a home in East Lansing is 15.2% younger than the median age of a home in Bethesda.
 East Lansing, MIBethesda, MDUnited States
 Median Home Age46  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$1,072,100$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months12.2%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock30.3%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.96.0%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$9.9$11.0
 Homes Owned34.2%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock7.7%11.2%
 Homes Rented54.4%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 East Lansing, MIBethesda, MDUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$2,890$1,840
 Studio Apartment$950  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,060$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,210  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,930$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,610  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 East Lansing, MIBethesda, MDUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock2.6%1.9%
 Vacant Rented2.1%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock1.1%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock1.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.4%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 East Lansing, MIBethesda, MDUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.2%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.8%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.0%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9991.0%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.0%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99914.3%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock1.1%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99931.4%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock5.2%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9994.3%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock13.8%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9990.3%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock26.4%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock8.7%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 East Lansing, MIBethesda, MDUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock9.9%13.6%
 2000 to 20098.9%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock6.9%13.6%
 1980 to 198911.4%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock11.6%14.8%
 1960 to 196913.7%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock21.8%10.0%
 1940 to 19495.3%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock7.8%12.2%
Reviews for East Lansing    4 Reviews

East Lansing is a wonderful, lively, youthful college town that has gotten better over time. You feel the strong Spartan Spirit everywhere as students, alumni and locals  More

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East Lansing is noted for being the home of one of the first Land Grant colleges -- Michigan State University. MSU has an large campus with an enormous area of land  More

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Over 17 years ago

East Lansing is a very pretty town. The town has had frequent problems with student rioters. Overall 60% of the town is composed of students. I would recommend East  More

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Reviews for Bethesda    12 Reviews

Bethesda is awesome if you want to live near DC and in a relatively safe city that has few parking issues. Montgomery county has parking lots in downtown Bethesda and  More

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Amenities are plentiful, but costs continue to rise as do local and state taxes. Overall not a friendly place to  More

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Essentially an upscale suburb of Washington DC. Public transport is easy, there's plenty to do (though with none of the edginess of living closer in DC) and it's minutes  More

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