Housing in Burleigh

A typical Burleigh home is worth roughly $148,000

Typical home value

$148K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,306

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Burleigh?

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

Your money goes further44% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town33% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$207,000

Typical Burleigh home $148K

That covers a typical Burleigh home, with $59K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$890

Loan $730Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $80 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Reno$141K Richland$107K Mason$109K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Burleigh’s typical property tax (0.88% 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

90% of Burleigh households own their home

Half of Burleigh’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

Michigan: 73% own.

1974

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,306

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.88%

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

33%

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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $783, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,350

4 bedrooms$1,640

10%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$783

median rent paid today · Census

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

Burleigh vs. its neighbors

Burleigh is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Burleigh$148K Reno$141K Mason$109K Richland$107K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Burleigh	$148K*	—	$970	$53,393
Reno	$141K*	—	$970	$49,583
Richland	$107K*	+20.7%†	$1,020	$54,191
Mason	$109K*	—	$1,090	$57,857

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.