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Half Moon Bay, CA vs Charleston, SC

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- The median age of a home in Half Moon Bay is 24.4% older than the median age of a home in Charleston.
 Half Moon Bay, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Median Home Age41  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$493,200$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months13.3%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock67.9%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.88.1%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$4.9$11.0
 Homes Owned64.7%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock13.1%11.2%
 Homes Rented28.7%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Half Moon Bay, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$2,200$1,840
 Studio Apartment$2,150  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,590$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,180  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,230$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$4,270  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Half Moon Bay, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock2.9%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.0%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold1.0%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock3.8%3.6%
 Vacant Other4.4%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Half Moon Bay, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock0.7%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.2%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock0.7%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.6%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.8%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9990.4%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock4.6%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9992.2%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock23.5%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9991.8%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock16.2%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,99915.9%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock3.9%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,99925.5%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock2.1%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Half Moon Bay, CACharleston, SCUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock20.0%13.6%
 2000 to 200916.7%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock10.6%13.6%
 1980 to 198917.8%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock8.8%14.8%
 1960 to 196910.2%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock5.5%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.2%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock11.9%12.2%
Reviews for Half Moon Bay    3 Reviews

HMB has one of the best climates in the world. It also has some very good restaurants. You have the ocean on one side and scenic foothills to the east.It would be heaven  More

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Over 19 years ago

Rural coastal living in a great community close to San Francisco and Silicon  More

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Over 20 years ago

I lived in HMB for 17 years and loved (almost) every minute there. Beautiful hills to the east of the town and the Pacific ocean to the west. Close to San Francisco,  More

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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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