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Housing in Baldwin

A typical Baldwin home is worth roughly $201,000

Typical home value
$201K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,220
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,458
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Baldwin?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Baldwin households own their home

Half of Baldwin’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Michigan: 73% own.

1975
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,458
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.73%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
26%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$219,000
Typical Baldwin home $201K

That covers a typical Baldwin home, with $18K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,180
Loan $1,000Tax $120Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220 a month here, $40 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Baldwin’s typical property tax (0.73% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,220

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$940
2 bedrooms$1,220
3 bedrooms$1,610
4 bedrooms$2,030
3%
of households rent · MI 27%
2
renter households

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Alger County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Baldwin vs. its neighbors

Baldwin is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Baldwin$201K*—$1,220$54,762
Cornell$221K+16.8%$1,040$57,813
Maple Ridge$158K*—$1,100$70,119
Brampton$191K*+19.7%†$1,180$80,313
Masonville$166K*+47.2%†$1,410$78,984
Escanaba$190K+9.8%$1,070$81,250

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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