Cheapest SF Bay Area City... (San Jose, San Francisco: apartment, condos, houses)

[EscapeCalifornia]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Only places in The Bay Area with a Median Housing Unit Price under $500,000 according to zillow.com

El Sobrante $495,000
Cotati $494,000
Rodeo $490,000
Crockett $479,000
Rohnert Park $458,000
Richmond $443,000
San Pablo $440,000
Oakley $439,000
Antioch $438,000
Pittsburg $430,000
Fairfield $427,000
Dixon $426,000
Vacaville $418,000
Vallejo $401,000
Bay Point $396,000
Emeryville $389,000
Suisin City $388,000
Rio Vista $375,000

These prices are very low by Bay Area standards.

What about East Palo Alto?

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

What about East Palo Alto?

Median home price is currently $549,900 on the MLS, which puts it in another league.. though I would certainly live in Rohnert Park or Suisun City before EPA.

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

What about East Palo Alto?

You can't find anything under $500K in EPA - I lived there for a few years, and saw homes next-door selling for $800K and up!! It might be the "ghetto of the Peninsula," but it's still the Peninsula... minutes from Palo Alto/Stanford, Menlo Park, Atherton, Mountain View, Los Altos, and many other nice towns. Plus a lot of people have moved in EPA for the "cheaper" prices, which in turn has raised said prices. Bleh.

[gizmo980]

Originally Posted by sonarrat

Median home price is currently $549,900 on the MLS, which puts it in another league.. though I would certainly live in Rohnert Park or Suisun City before EPA.

Not me... ironically I almost moved to Suisun City because of a job offer, and was living in EPA at the time. It's really not that bad of a place, and location, weather & my wonderful neighbors outweighed Suisun's "positives." But to each his own, I suppose. Fyi, the main reason I turned down that job was because of a better offer in San Francisco - otherwise I would've taken it, just because it was the first offer (not because I liked Suisun/Fairfield, which I really didn't).

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

What about East Palo Alto?

the median home price in EPA is $632,000 according to zillow.com-expensive compared to other working class towns elsewhere, but very cheap by peninsula standards.

[fizbin]

Originally Posted by pistola916

Dixon is not part of Sac metro area.

My comment was based on perception, not by looking at a map. I only see Dixon on my way to Sacto, and it is the personal perception indicator that I am almost there (Dixon-then-Davis-then-Sacto).

[gladisimo]

It's really how far you want to commute, and what you want to consider as living in the Bay Area. A lot of the towns on that list are quite far away from San Francisco, but nevertheless, are considered in the Bay Area.

[moochdawgg]

Try richmond, its affordable and most homes come with all the gun casings you can recycle

[Slauson Rosecranz]

To be straightforward and to the point: Oakland (East and West Oakland), Emeryville, Richmond, and East Palo Alto are the cheapest spots in the Bay Area.

[gizmo980]

Here's an easy way to solve the question... go to craigslist SF Bay & search for apartments under $900/mo., or to a realty site & search for homes (in the greater Bay Area) under $500K - see what towns pop up, and there's your answer!