Housing in Brookfield

A typical Brookfield home is worth roughly $113,000

Typical home value

$113K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,050

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,497

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Brookfield?

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

Your money goes further58% below the Michigan typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1945.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.4 years of income

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

You could afford about

$287,000

Typical Brookfield home $113K

That covers a typical Brookfield home, with $174K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$720

Loan $560Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $330 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Sebewaing$140K Grant$163K Elmwood$147K Winsor$140K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Brookfield’s typical property tax (1.33% 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

83% of Brookfield households own their home

Half of Brookfield’s homes were built before 1945.

Owners and renters

Own 83%Rent 17%

Michigan: 73% own.

1945

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,497

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

1.33%

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

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 $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $950, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$870

2 bedrooms$1,050

3 bedrooms$1,310

4 bedrooms$1,410

17%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$950

median rent paid today · Census

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

Brookfield vs. its neighbors

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

Grant$163K Elmwood$147K Sebewaing$140K Winsor$140K Brookfield$113K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Brookfield	$113K*	—	$1,050	$77,917
Sebewaing	$140K	+5.8%	$1,210	$53,849
Grant	$163K*	—	$990	$72,308
Elmwood	$147K*	—	$1,040	$66,875
Winsor	$140K*	+17.7%†	$1,100	$64,014

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.