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Housing in Butterfield

A typical Butterfield home is worth roughly $103,000

Typical home value
$103K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,050
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Butterfield?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Butterfield

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You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Butterfield home $103K

That covers a typical Butterfield home, with $168K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$650
Loan $510Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $320 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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.

The homes

84% of Butterfield households own their home

Half of Butterfield’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 84%Rent 16%

Michigan: 73% own.

1978
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,050
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
44%
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 $893.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,190
4 bedrooms$1,290
16%
of households rent · MI 27%
23
renter households
$893
median rent paid today · Census

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

Butterfield vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Butterfield. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Butterfield$103K*—$970—$48,000
Roscommon$209K+1.7%$98017$53,186

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.

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