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Housing in Bloomer

A typical Bloomer home is worth roughly $261,000

Home prices around Bloomer have risen about 65% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$261K
▲ 11.7% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,588
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Bloomer?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 65% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Bloomer rose 65% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 12%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Bloomer home at roughly $261,000 today.

Bloomer areaMichigan
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+12%
past year
+65%
past 5 years
+149%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $261K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bloomer, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$339,000
Typical Bloomer home $261K

That covers a typical Bloomer home, with $78K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,550
Loan $1,290Tax $180Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090 a month here, $460 less than owning.

How Bloomer ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bloomer’s typical property tax (0.82% 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

94% of Bloomer households own their home

Half of Bloomer’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 94%Rent 7%

Michigan: 73% own.

1974
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,588
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.82%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
3%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,090

Renters already here pay a median of $907, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$910
2 bedrooms$1,090
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,470
7%
of households rent · MI 27%
33
renter households
15%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
15%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$907
median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Bloomer vs. its neighbors

Bloomer is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Bloomer$261K*+11.7%†$1,090$86,313
Carson City$205K+9.9%$1,050$44,375
Crystal$208K+8.1%$1,120$56,087
North Plains$184K*—$1,080$60,724
Bushnell$199K*—$1,260$65,500
North Shade$177K*—$1,040$71,250

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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