2024 Compare Cities Housing:
East Lansing, MI vs Tacoma, WA

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- The median age of a home in East Lansing is 17.4% younger than the median age of a home in Tacoma.
 East Lansing, MITacoma, WAUnited States
 Median Home Age465442
 Median Home Cost$264,100$454,100$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months12.2%12.3%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.50.1%80.1%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.96.0%176.6%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$23.9$10.5$11.0
 Homes Owned34.2%52.7%57.4%
 Housing Vacant11.4%5.4%11.2%
 Homes Rented54.4%42.0%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 East Lansing, MITacoma, WAUnited States
 Average Rent$1,540$2,180$1,840
 Studio Apartment$950$1,110$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$980$1,240$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,210$1,560$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,560$2,210$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,610$2,600$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 East Lansing, MITacoma, WAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent4.7%1.9%1.9%
 Vacant Rented2.1%0.5%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.5%0.4%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%0.4%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.4%0.2%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.4%2.0%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 East Lansing, MITacoma, WAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.0%0.6%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.8%0.7%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.6%0.3%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9991.0%0.2%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9992.9%0.4%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99914.3%2.0%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99928.2%6.5%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99931.4%25.5%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,9999.4%28.9%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9994.3%15.4%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9995.8%13.6%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9990.3%3.9%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.1%1.3%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%0.2%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.0%0.3%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 East Lansing, MITacoma, WAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%0.1%0.2%
 2010 to 20148.9%8.1%13.6%
 2000 to 20098.9%8.1%13.6%
 1990 to 199913.7%9.4%13.6%
 1980 to 198911.4%11.1%13.2%
 1970 to 197919.4%12.1%14.8%
 1960 to 196913.7%9.4%13.6%
 1950 to 195914.0%8.7%10.0%
 1940 to 19495.3%8.7%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier10.0%26.1%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 16 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 Tacoma    40 Reviews

I've lived in Tacoma for 3.5 years and love it! It's not a perfect city, nowhere is perfect and Tacoma does have its' share of problems, but overall have found T-Town  More

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Over 3 years ago

We LOVE tacoma. Grew up in Seattle, and tacoma is so much better! Easy access to the water, hiking, and Mt Rainier and the Olympics. We love the coffee shops and  More

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Over 4 years ago

Having lived over half my life here I can tell you real friends are few and far between. You will go through many and only have a handful who stick with you. Your  More

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