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Sarasota, FL vs Vallejo, CA

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- The median age of a home in Sarasota is 2.2% younger than the median age of a home in Vallejo.
 Sarasota, FLVallejo, CAUnited States
 Median Home Age46  Unlock42
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$502,500$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months31.2%  Unlock16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.  Unlock42.7%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.211.6%  Unlock101.1%
 Property Tax Rate  Unlock$8.1$11.0
 Homes Owned43.7%  Unlock57.4%
 Housing Vacant  Unlock5.1%11.2%
 Homes Rented33.6%  Unlock31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Sarasota, FLVallejo, CAUnited States
 Average Rent  Unlock$2,630$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,060  Unlock$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$1,550$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,580  Unlock$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment  Unlock$2,660$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,500  Unlock$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Sarasota, FLVallejo, CAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent  Unlock1.7%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant For Sale  Unlock0.5%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.3%  Unlock0.4%
 Vacant Vacation  Unlock0.6%3.6%
 Vacant Other4.6%  Unlock4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Sarasota, FLVallejo, CAUnited States
 Less Than $20,000  Unlock1.6%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9991.1%  Unlock2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,999  Unlock1.6%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9991.7%  Unlock3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,999  Unlock1.4%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,99911.2%  Unlock11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,999  Unlock2.0%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99918.6%  Unlock20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,999  Unlock23.8%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,9995.5%  Unlock8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,999  Unlock28.7%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9997.8%  Unlock3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,999  Unlock0.5%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9992.8%  Unlock0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over  Unlock0.9%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Sarasota, FLVallejo, CAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.5%  Unlock0.2%
 2010 to 2014  Unlock8.1%13.6%
 2000 to 200910.5%  Unlock13.6%
 1990 to 1999  Unlock9.8%13.6%
 1980 to 198913.8%  Unlock13.2%
 1970 to 1979  Unlock15.8%14.8%
 1960 to 19697.2%  Unlock13.6%
 1950 to 1959  Unlock12.4%10.0%
 1940 to 19493.9%  Unlock4.7%
 1939 or Earlier  Unlock12.3%12.2%
Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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Reviews for Vallejo    32 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

If you move to Vallejo, you will quickly realize that you're paying a lot of money to live in well-polished squalor. I moved to Vallejo in mid-2008 just as the city  More

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Over 7 years ago

I would love to live in a place where there are not fireworks all year round or gunshots every night. Police are understaffed and overworked and this is coming from a  More

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Over 7 years ago

I've lived in Vallejo for 5 years I moved here from Alameda California where I spent about 3 years and before that was in Seattle for 18 years. People said to  More

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