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El Cerrito, CA vs Folsom, CA

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- The median age of a home in El Cerrito is 60.0% older than the median age of a home in Folsom.
 El Cerrito, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age65  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$723,000$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months10.9%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock50.2%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.141.5%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$8.9$11.0
 Homes Owned55.2%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock3.2%11.2%
 Homes Rented39.7%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 El Cerrito, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$3,110$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,720  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,780$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,500  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$3,160$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,850  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 El Cerrito, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock1.1%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.1%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.2%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.1%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock0.4%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.5%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 El Cerrito, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock0.3%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.0%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.7%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.0%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.3%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9990.1%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock0.7%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9990.8%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock6.6%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9993.1%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock55.1%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,99940.7%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock2.6%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9993.2%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.1%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 El Cerrito, CAFolsom, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock25.8%13.6%
 2000 to 20093.2%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock31.9%13.6%
 1980 to 19897.3%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock7.0%14.8%
 1960 to 19694.5%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock3.0%10.0%
 1940 to 194920.5%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock1.2%12.2%
Reviews for El Cerrito    1 Reviews

Over 18 years ago

El Cerrito is inexpensive to live in and close to where interesting things are happening. On the whole there isn't much to do here, with the obvious exception being the  More

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Reviews for Folsom    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Folsom has the worst air quality of any city in the Sacramento region per Sac Metro Air Quality Management. Do not move there if u have any respiratory issues, or u like  More

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Over 12 years ago

Folsom is a great little town of about 70,000 people. A half hour from Sacramento, an hour and a half from Tahoe, it sits in a good location at about 320 feet altitude.  More

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I think Folsom is ideal in many ways but it shares Sacramento's lousy air quality (1.5 out of 100 per this site). Sometimes it's worse than Sacramento when a smog  More

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