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re: Average Home Values for SEC Towns
Posted on 5/18/26 at 12:55 pm to AUTiger789
Posted on 5/18/26 at 12:55 pm to AUTiger789
If you think about average home values for a short minute, the outliers in the dataset probably have more impact than the inliers.
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Posted on 5/18/26 at 12:57 pm to Freight Joker
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I don’t know where the actual frick you are getting a home in Tuscaloosa for $228k
That’s the Zillow average estimated value for all homes in the city. Are you saying it should be higher or lower??
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:00 pm to Bacon84
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Also, how is this lots compiled? Homes in the city limits of each city??? Within a specific radius of campus?
Go to Zillow, hit the “Research” tab and then the “Data” tab. Run the “ZHVI All Homes” report with the geography” filtered on “City”.
It will produce the average estimated home value for the city proper for basically every city in America… just filter out the cities you want to see.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:05 pm to VFL67
Jack fricking vale fault
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:06 pm to AGGIES
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Auburn vs Tuscaloosa was surprising to see, from an outsiders perspective
Visit and you’ll see the difference.
Alabama has some nice areas close to campus and then some other nice areas north and outside the city proper… the rest is very ghetto.
Auburn is extremely expensive close to campus, and due to its very high growth rates, they’ve been building very nice suburban housing communities just outside the campus area. Our ghetto areas are further outside the city, away from campus.
Auburn is becoming a hot area for remote workers, retirees, and even some Atlanta folks who want to escape the madness but still be relatively close to ATL. Prices have been going bonkers now for the last decade.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:07 pm to cdur86
Violent Crime Rate (s), per 1k
0.93 Starkville, MS
1.07 Auburn, AL
1.77 College Station, TX
1.83 Oxford, MS
2.70 Norman, OK
2.77 Lexington, KY
3.51 Columbia, MS
4.10 Athens, GA
4.31 Fayetteville, AR
4.67 Austin, TX
5.64 Tuscaloosa, AL
7.31 Gainesville, FL
7.54 Knoxville, TN
7.74 Columbia, SC
9.54 Baton Rouge, LA
11.32 Nashville, TN
0.93 Starkville, MS
1.07 Auburn, AL
1.77 College Station, TX
1.83 Oxford, MS
2.70 Norman, OK
2.77 Lexington, KY
3.51 Columbia, MS
4.10 Athens, GA
4.31 Fayetteville, AR
4.67 Austin, TX
5.64 Tuscaloosa, AL
7.31 Gainesville, FL
7.54 Knoxville, TN
7.74 Columbia, SC
9.54 Baton Rouge, LA
11.32 Nashville, TN
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:08 pm to TexasWranglers
Time to make austin great again run for mayor as a outsider get a few maga people to put the council out boom you will be rolling again for the l9ve if dont vote for Matthew it be alot cooler if you didnt
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:10 pm to GoGators1995
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9.54 Baton Rouge, LA 11.32
Nashville, TN
Nashville worse than Baton Rouge now?? Is that accurate?
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:17 pm to Harry Rex Vonner
It is high in Oxford but it’s a beautiful town and campus, one of the lowest crime rates in Sec and it’s one of the smallest. All of these are very attractive to send kids to. I get it
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:17 pm to AUTiger789
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Nashville worse than Baton Rouge now?? Is that accurate?
Violent Crime Rate (s) Per 100k
1218.12 Nashville, TN
1015.12 Baton, Rouge, LA
Straight from the FBI UCR and the Census Bureau.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:24 pm to GoGators1995
Never fear though, Baton Rouge still crushes Nashville in homicide rate.
2024/07/01 Population Estimates
Baton Rouge, LA 220,907
Nashville, TN 704,963
2025 Homicides
Baton Rouge, LA 94
Nashville, TN 74
2024/07/01 Population Estimates
Baton Rouge, LA 220,907
Nashville, TN 704,963
2025 Homicides
Baton Rouge, LA 94
Nashville, TN 74
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:40 pm to rich4pres
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Knoxville and the surrounding area used to be a lot more affordable until the Californians got here.
Same thing is beginning to happen in Oxford.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 1:54 pm to AUTiger789
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The prices in Auburn and Oxford have gotten insane considering their small size.
Oxford has become a retirement destination for Boomers that don't want to live in Memphis and Jackson. Can't blame them, but it's really spiked home prices.
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And the school is growing and a ton of parents buy property, including wealthy Texas/Northeast/etc. folks.
This post was edited on 5/18/26 at 2:01 pm
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:18 pm to AUTiger789
Lists like this probably best indicate simply whether most of the affluent areas and/or ghetto areas are in the city limits.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:18 pm to TailbackU
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Insane in the membrane. But I’m not surprised. Zero crime, good schools, university activity, (relatively) close to ATL airport.
I looked at my grandparents old house in Auburn a year or so ago and was stunned. Built right after WW2 - a mile from campus. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath etc. Zillow had it around 400K. When my parents moved Grandmother to a retirement home around 1981 it sold for about 20K. I actually went thru it 2 years ago. Was back in Auburn and drove by and the door was open so I stopped and knocked. It's now a rental for students. Nice student let me walk thru it again. Other than the kitchen being updated it was very familiar.
This post was edited on 5/18/26 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:41 pm to AUTiger789
$500,000 will get you an average middle-class home in today’s economy. Goes to show how cheap the South really is compared to the rest of the country.
Posted on 5/18/26 at 2:43 pm to AUTiger789
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Is that accurate?
I guess it could be but it also may be a little misleading. Nashville and Davidson County merged years ago to become Metro Nashville. However, some cities within Davidson County didn't play along. Several of these areas are affluent with low crime but don't count to bring down Nashville's crime rate.
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Satellite Cities: The Metro Nashville limits do not include six incorporated municipalities within Davidson County that maintain their own city limits:
Belle Meade, Berry Hill, Forest Hills, Goodlettsville, Lakewood, and Oak Hill
Posted on 5/18/26 at 3:01 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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oconee county and the surrounding areas would likely escalate this number quite a bit.
but im sure that's the case for a lot of these areas.
Not really. You go about 10 miles outside of places like Oxford, Auburn, Starkville, etc. and you're in the absolute asscrack of the US.
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