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Housing in Burt

A typical Burt home is worth roughly $165,000

Typical home value
$165K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,434
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Burt?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

1 of Burt’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Burt’s homes were built before 1979.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 96%Rent 4%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,434
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
71%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Burt

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Burt

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Burt home $165K

That covers a typical Burt home, with $106K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,040
Loan $820Tax $170Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $0 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Michigan typical property tax (1.25% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$800
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,260
4 bedrooms$1,410
4%
of households rent · MI 27%
6
renter households

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

Burt vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Burt$165K*—$1,040$47,750
McMillan$175K+7.3%$1,000$44,550
Seney$228K+21.3%$970$53,882
Munising$201K+4.7%$1,090$62,227
Hiawatha$185K*+16.1%†$1,010$79,196

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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