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Miami, FL vs Boston, MA

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- The median age of a home in Miami is 69.6% younger than the median age of a home in Boston.
 Miami, FLBoston, MAUnited States
 Median Home Age467842
 Median Home Cost$524,600$656,500$338,100
 Home Appr. Last 12 months25.1%10.7%16.6%
 Home Appr. Last 5 yrs.73.5%44.9%57.0%
 Home Appr. Last 10 yrs.179.0%103.4%101.1%
 Property Tax Rate$9.2$6.1$11.0
 Homes Owned25.8%31.5%57.4%
 Housing Vacant14.0%9.5%11.2%
 Homes Rented60.2%59.0%31.4%
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 Avg Rent For Home Or Apartment
 Miami, FLBoston, MAUnited States
 Average Rent$2,540$3,410$1,840
 Studio Apartment$1,380$2,180$1,080
 1 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,570$2,370$1,180
 2 Bedroom Home or Apartment$1,950$2,840$1,430
 3 Bedroom Home or Apartment$2,570$3,460$1,860
 4 Bedroom Home or Apartment$3,050$3,820$2,160
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 Vacant Housing
 Miami, FLBoston, MAUnited States
 Vacant For Rent4.7%2.5%1.9%
 Vacant Rented0.5%1.1%0.4%
 Vacant For Sale0.6%0.4%0.7%
 Vacant Sold0.4%1.8%0.4%
 Vacant Vacation4.8%1.7%3.6%
 Vacant Other2.9%2.0%4.1%
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 Owner-Occupied Housing Value
 Miami, FLBoston, MAUnited States
 Less Than $20,0001.0%1.4%2.6%
 $20,000 to $39,9990.8%0.5%2.4%
 $40,000 to $59,9990.3%0.3%2.8%
 $60,000 to $79,9991.0%0.3%3.9%
 $80,000 to $99,9991.4%0.2%4.5%
 $100,000 to $149,9993.5%0.3%11.3%
 $150,000 to $199,9996.2%0.7%13.0%
 $200,000 to $299,99920.4%5.5%20.1%
 $300,000 to $399,99922.1%11.1%13.6%
 $400,000 to $499,99914.7%15.0%8.3%
 $500,000 to $749,99914.4%33.6%9.7%
 $750,000 to $999,9995.7%14.8%3.9%
 $1,000,000 to $1,499,9994.0%8.2%2.2%
 $1,500,000 to $1,999,9991.9%3.2%0.8%
 $2,000,000 and over2.5%5.0%1.1%
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 Housing Units By Year Built
 Miami, FLBoston, MAUnited States
 2015 and Newer0.2%0.2%0.2%
 2010 to 201418.0%6.6%13.6%
 2000 to 200918.0%6.6%13.6%
 1990 to 19996.6%4.4%13.6%
 1980 to 19897.5%5.6%13.2%
 1970 to 197912.8%7.5%14.8%
 1960 to 19696.6%4.4%13.6%
 1950 to 195914.4%7.3%10.0%
 1940 to 19499.9%5.5%4.7%
 1939 or Earlier9.1%48.2%12.2%
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Reviews for Miami    189 Reviews
Jasmine · Yonkers, NY
Great City
This Year

Great vacation spot with the best clubs and food. Wynwood and the Miami Design District are the best, just be careful at night. Area tends to jack prices up around  More

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Mary · Sunny Isles Beach, FL
Filthy extension of Honduras and Guatemala
Over 3 years ago

Miami is rapidly devolving into a filthy, crime ridden, unattractive extension of Central America and South America. The population is a bunch of rude entitled dependent  More

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Na · San Antonio, TX
RIP OLD MIAMI, IN MY MEMORY
Over 3 years ago

Beautiful place, well into the late 20th Century ... clean, safe, fun, peaceful. Started seeing elements of crap, just a tiny bit, back around 1980. Now what changed  More

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Reviews for Boston    122 Reviews
Peter · East Sandwich, MA
Boston is great!
Over 1 years ago

health care in the country, plenty of jobs, gorgeous architecture, cool neighborhoods, lots of great restaurants, and always something to do. The beautiful coast, the  More

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Richard · Revere, MA
Many pros, but all are outweighed by the cons
Over 2 years ago

I've lived in/near Boston my whole life almost. It has many pros such as a big city feel, extremely safe, reliable train transportation, great food. However any pro  More

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Ketevani · Woburn, MA
Do you want to feel poor?! Come on down!
Over 3 years ago

I moved to MA from the country of Georgia in eastern Europe. Then traveled quite a bit in the U.S. Boston definitely has its own flavor. Suburbs offer okay schools,  More

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