A typical Center home is worth roughly $220,000
What kind of housing town is Center?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
93% of Center households own their home
Half of Center’s homes were built before 1978.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 3.2 years of income
Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Center home, with $53K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200 a month here, $100 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Center’s typical property tax (0.80% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,200
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cheboygan County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Center vs. its neighbors
Center is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center | $220K* | — | $1,200 | $68,636 |
| Readmond | $288K* | −3.3%† | $1,340 | $75,313 |
| McKinley | $117K* | — | $1,190 | $54,417 |
| Pleasantview | $357K* | −1.1%† | $1,280 | $70,694 |
| Bliss | $185K* | — | $1,190 | $78,750 |
| Cross Village | — | −3.3%† | $1,330 | $56,250 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Center buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.