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Long Beach, CA vs Fresno, CA

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- The median age of a home in Long Beach is 33.3% older than the median age of a home in Fresno.
 Long Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age63  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$359,700$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months13.3%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock63.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.122.1%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$8.2$11.0
 Homes Owned38.4%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock5.0%11.2%
 Homes Rented56.3%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Long Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$1,850$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,550  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,060$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,240  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,880$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,200  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Long Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock1.7%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.2%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.1%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock0.4%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.8%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Long Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.5%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.5%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock1.1%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.4%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock1.6%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9990.4%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock11.2%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9993.7%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock22.9%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99914.7%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock5.7%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,99917.7%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock1.0%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9992.1%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.5%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Long Beach, CAFresno, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock12.4%13.6%
 2000 to 20093.3%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock15.2%13.6%
 1980 to 19899.3%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock18.0%14.8%
 1960 to 19694.5%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock12.1%10.0%
 1940 to 194914.2%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock5.5%12.2%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for Fresno    77 Reviews

I'm not gonna say this city is terrible, but it certainly has many issues that need to be taken care of and unfortunately the city council has done a poor job keeping up  More

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I've lived in Fresno my entire life and when I became an adult, I began to realize how much being a resident here really sucks, it might be cheaper than most other  More

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Lived here since 2002. I may be flamed for this, but.. total dump and I would rate 0 stars if I could. You only really move here to move out. As good as a gas stop.  More

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