Housing in Bushnell

A typical Bushnell home is worth roughly $199,000

Typical home value

$199K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,260

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,815

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Bushnell?

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

Your money goes further25% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners94% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · 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

$257,000

Typical Bushnell home $199K

That covers a typical Bushnell home, with $57K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,200

Loan $990Tax $150Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $60 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Fairplain$162K Ronald$172K Evergreen$195K Bloomer$194K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bushnell’s typical property tax (0.91% 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 Bushnell households own their home

Half of Bushnell’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters

Own 94%Rent 6%

Michigan: 73% own.

1981

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,815

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.91%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260

Renters already here pay a median of $946, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870

1 bedroom$1,050

2 bedrooms$1,260

3 bedrooms$1,550

4 bedrooms$1,740

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%

23%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$946

median rent paid today · Census

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

Bushnell vs. its neighbors

Bushnell is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bushnell$199K Evergreen$195K Bloomer$194K Ronald$172K Fairplain$162K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Bushnell	$199K*	—	$1,260	$65,500
Fairplain	$162K*	+5.3%†	$1,280	$56,406
Ronald	$172K*	+3.5%†	$1,210	$63,098
Evergreen	$195K*	+2.3%†	$1,230	$59,144
Bloomer	$194K*	+11.7%†	$1,090	$86,313

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.