2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Roswell, NM vs Chico, CA

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- The median age of a home in Roswell is 27.8% older than the median age of a home in Chico.
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age543942
 Median Home Cost$152,500$440,000$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months6.2%9.0%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.33.1%53.4%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.51.7%129.9%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$7.3$7.9$11.0
 Homes Owned55.8%40.5%57.4%
 Housing Vacant12.2%8.4%11.2%
 Homes Rented32.0%51.1%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 Average Rent$1,270$1,880$1,840
 Studio Apartment$750$970$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$780$1,020$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,020$1,340$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,290$1,910$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,410$2,280$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent3.1%3.3%1.9%
 Vacant Rented1.0%1.9%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.5%0.6%0.7%
 Vacant Sold1.1%0.6%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation0.1%0.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other6.3%1.4%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0005.0%1.4%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9995.8%3.2%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9999.7%1.9%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,99910.2%1.4%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,99912.0%0.5%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99921.5%1.5%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,99917.6%2.3%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9999.4%14.8%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,9996.0%33.1%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9991.2%20.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,9990.7%14.9%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9990.1%3.3%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9990.7%1.2%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9990.0%0.1%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over0.0%0.4%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Roswell, NMChico, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.3%0.4%0.2%
 2010 to 20143.7%11.6%13.6%
 2000 to 20093.7%11.6%13.6%
 1990 to 19999.9%16.0%13.6%
 1980 to 198910.6%18.6%13.2%
 1970 to 197915.9%17.3%14.8%
 1960 to 19699.9%16.0%13.6%
 1950 to 195925.4%9.0%10.0%
 1940 to 19498.0%5.1%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier4.7%7.2%12.2%
Reviews for Roswell    17 Reviews

Over 3 years ago

Fantastic. Love the fearless open minds and hearts. Stayed there 2 years, versatile U.S.  More

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Methamphetamine, poverty/crime and cockroaches/scorpions are rampant in Roswell! The climate is DRY & it’s difficult to grow anything but weeds!  More

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Over 5 years ago

My family & I moved here from Olympia, Washington. It's a really nice town, plenty of sunshine, southern hospitality, biggest city in Chaves County & ?? friendly.  More

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Reviews for Chico    31 Reviews

Chico is imperfect like most places, but it's still good. Any and all of it's issues proceed from it's main fault of growing increasingly liberal, which is to be  More

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Over 2 years ago

Chico's decent. I've been living here for ~5 years now. Eveen though my brother loves Chico and would like to stay, I would like to leave. I have no issues with crime or  More

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I was born in Oroville and I grew up in Oroville and Biggs. I have heard all my life about crime in chico. Well I have lived in Chico near Chapman for almost 10 years  More

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