2024 Compare Cities Housing:
Santa Barbara, CA vs Palmdale, CA

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- The median age of a home in Santa Barbara is 44.8% older than the median age of a home in Palmdale.
 Santa Barbara, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age583242
 Median Home Cost$1,525,500$444,900$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months0.5%11.6%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.15.5%65.5%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.61.3%182.0%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$5.7$7.2$11.0
 Homes Owned38.6%61.6%57.4%
 Housing Vacant5.9%4.8%11.2%
 Homes Rented55.5%33.6%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Santa Barbara, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Average Rent$4,280$2,830$1,840
 Studio Apartment$2,510$1,530$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,900$1,740$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,280$2,210$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$4,340$2,870$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$4,930$3,150$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Santa Barbara, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent0.9%1.5%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%0.4%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.3%0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.5%0.5%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation2.4%0.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other1.2%1.3%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Santa Barbara, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0000.7%1.5%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.2%1.4%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.1%1.4%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9990.6%1.5%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9990.0%0.8%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9990.5%2.4%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,9990.2%4.5%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,9991.5%25.0%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,9991.7%35.8%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9992.1%16.4%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99911.7%7.9%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,99920.9%0.7%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,99928.1%0.5%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,99915.0%0.0%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over16.6%0.3%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Santa Barbara, CAPalmdale, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.0%0.0%0.2%
 2010 to 20144.1%21.1%13.6%
 2000 to 20094.1%21.1%13.6%
 1990 to 19996.6%24.0%13.6%
 1980 to 198911.3%32.9%13.2%
 1970 to 197913.3%8.2%14.8%
 1960 to 19696.6%24.0%13.6%
 1950 to 195918.5%6.6%10.0%
 1940 to 19496.6%0.7%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier19.6%0.8%12.2%
Reviews for Santa Barbara    51 Reviews

I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high  More

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Over 3 years ago

I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The  More

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If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved  More

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Reviews for Palmdale    35 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

I've lived here for nine years and I haven't had any problems. The weather is hot during the summer we get real Summers during the winter it's cold and it's sometimes  More

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Over 5 years ago

I have lived here for many years and I wish I could move elsewhere. I have lived on both the east and west sides of this city. The west side is supposedly better and I  More

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Over 10 years ago

I live in West Palmdale, right by the mall and i just love it. The area is in need of more restaurants, preferably steak houses, a good old fashion Chinese restaurant  More

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