THEIR FIRST HOME.
REPORTER: AFTER YEARS OF
RENTING, MEKEIA AND GREGORY
JAMES SAVED UP ENOUGH TO BUY
THEIR FIRST HOME, IN ELK GROVE.
>> IT TOOK US A WHILE WE LOOKED
AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOUSES AND
WE LUCKED UP ON THIS ONE.
REPORTER: MEKEIA WORKS IN FOLSOM
BUT HOMES THERE WERE OUT OF THE
COUPLE'S BUDGET, SHE DID SOME
RESEARCH, AND SET HER HEART ON
ELK GROVE.
LUCKILY GREGORY DIDN'T OBJECT.
>> HAPPY WIFE HAPPY LIFE
>> I LOVED THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND
I HAVE 3 YOUNG KIDS SO THAT'S
OBIOVLSY VERY IMPORTANT AND JUST
HOW SAFE IT IS.
REPORTER: THE JAMES'S ARE AMONG
A GROWING NUMBER OF MILLENNIALS
CHOOSING TO SETTLE IN ELK GROVE.
IN FACT AN ANNUAL STUDY BY
ONLINE FINANCIAL RESOURCE SITE
SMART ASSET ANALYZED HOMEBUYING
TRENDS FOR PEOPLE 35 AND UNDER
NATIONWIDE AND FOUND ELK GROVE
HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST NUMBER OF
MILLENNIAL HOME BUYERS IN THE
U.S.
NUMBER 1 WAS SIOUX FALLS THEN
ELK GROVE, BAKERSFIELD,
ROSEVILLE JUST TO THE NORTH, AND
PEORIA ILLINOIS.
>> THAT KIND OF MAKES ME FEEL
EVEN BETTER FOR OUR DECISION TO
LIVE HERE
REPORTER: SO WHY ELK GROVE?
THE AVERAGE HOME HERE IS ABOUT
$350,000, WHICH GETS YOU 3 OR 4
BEDROOMS AND AROUND 1200-1600
SQUARE FEET.
>> IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR 300, 000
WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT AN
OUTHOUSE.
HERE IT'S A VERY NICE HOUSE IN
TEXAS IT WOULD BE AN EVEN LARGER
HOUSE.
REPORTER: KELLER WILLIAMS BROKER
KEVIN COOPER SAYS ELK GROVE'S
APPEAL TO MILLENNIALS ISN'T JUST
AFFORDABILITY PROXIMITY TO THE
BAY AREA.
>> QUALITY OF LIFE, THERE'S
AMPLE PARKS, THE SCHOOLS ARE
PHENOMENAL AND THERE ARE GREAT
PROJECTS COMING.
REPORTER: QUALITIES THAT HELPED
MAKE ELK GROVE HOME SWEET HOME
FOR THE JAMES'S.
>> I FEEL PROUD IN KNOWING THAT,
IM PROUD I KIND OF PICKED ONE OF


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