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Lafayette, LA vs Boise City, ID

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- The median age of a home in Lafayette is 12.2% older than the median age of a home in Boise City.
 Lafayette, LABoise City, IDUnited States
 Median Home Age41  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$478,900$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months12.5%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock104.1%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.40.3%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$7.3$11.0
 Homes Owned49.7%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock4.7%11.2%
 Homes Rented38.6%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Lafayette, LABoise City, IDUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$1,920$1,840
 Studio Apartment$700  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,120$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,050  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,940$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,790  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Lafayette, LABoise City, IDUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock0.9%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.6%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.8%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock1.0%3.6%
 Vacant Other3.6%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Lafayette, LABoise City, IDUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.7%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.4%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock1.1%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9993.0%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock0.6%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99913.3%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock9.2%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99925.7%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock22.0%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9997.0%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock13.1%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9991.3%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock1.6%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.3%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.4%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Lafayette, LABoise City, IDUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock11.0%13.6%
 2000 to 200910.7%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock22.5%13.6%
 1980 to 198919.5%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock17.1%14.8%
 1960 to 196910.1%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock6.8%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.2%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock6.2%12.2%
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Reviews for Lafayette    37 Reviews
Arthur · Breaux Bridge, LA
Happiest and Tastiest
Over 3 years ago

I should add this to my previous review. Lafayette was ranked "Happiest City in the US" by USA Today magazine and "Tastiest Town" by Southern  More

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Arthur · Breaux Bridge, LA
The Good outweighs the bad
Over 3 years ago

I’m from Florida but I’ve lived in the Lafayette area for thirty-five years. I’ve never known nicer people. It’s true that non-Cajuns can never integrate entirely with  More

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Do · Dallas, TX
Hottest neighborhoods in Laf. right now?
Over 9 years ago

What are the hottest neighborhoods to buy/live in right now? I'm from out of  More

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Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews
Geoffrey · Boise City, ID
Boise was the all-American town 30 years ago.
Over 2 years ago

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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Dylan · Boise City, ID
Low wages and Months of hot weather.
Over 3 years ago

My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Rob · Bend, OR
Boise is a Democratic stronghold in deep red ID.
Over 3 years ago

Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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