Housing in Breen

A typical Breen home is worth roughly $119,000

Typical home value

$119K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$967

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Breen?

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

Your money goes further55% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town37% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners88% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$256,000

Typical Breen home $119K

That covers a typical Breen home, with $137K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$710

Loan $590Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $310 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Felch$181K Waucedah$207K Spalding$179K Meyer$116K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Breen’s typical property tax (0.81% 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

88% of Breen households own their home

Half of Breen’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters

Own 88%Rent 12%

Michigan: 73% own.

1969

typical home built · MI 1972

$967

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.81%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

37%

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 $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $775, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720

1 bedroom$880

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,240

4 bedrooms$1,710

12%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$775

median rent paid today · Census

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

Breen vs. its neighbors

Breen is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Waucedah$207K Felch$181K Spalding$179K Breen$119K Meyer$116K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Breen	$119K*	—	$1,020	$65,000
Felch	$181K	+4.7%	$1,010	$74,000
Waucedah	$207K*	—	$1,050	$81,719
Spalding	$179K	+7.2%	$1,020	$63,333
Meyer	$116K*	—	$990	$65,568

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.