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Housing in Bliss

A typical Bliss home is worth roughly $185,000

Typical home value
$185K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,444
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Bliss?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$313,000
Typical Bliss home $185K

That covers a typical Bliss home, with $127K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,090
Loan $920Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $100 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bliss’s typical property tax (0.78% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

92% of Bliss households own their home

Half of Bliss’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Michigan: 73% own.

1981
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,444
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.78%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
20%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $989, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,420
4 bedrooms$1,580
8%
of households rent · MI 27%
20
renter households
$989
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cheboygan 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

Bliss vs. its neighbors

Bliss is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bliss$185K*—$1,190$78,750
Carp Lake$254K+11.1%$1,200$45,833
Cross Village—−3.3%†$1,330$56,250
Center$220K*—$1,200$68,636

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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