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Housing in Charlevoix

A typical Charlevoix home is worth roughly $429,000

Home prices around Charlevoix have risen about 79% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$429K
▲ 4.4% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,268
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Charlevoix?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$185,000
Typical Charlevoix home $429K

That’s $245K short of a typical Charlevoix home.

The typical home, each month
$2,600
Loan $2,130Tax $350Insurance $130

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $1,540 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Charlevoix’s typical property tax (0.99% 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

62% of Charlevoix households own their home

Half of Charlevoix’s homes were built before 1966.

Owners and renters
Own 62%Rent 38%

Michigan: 73% own.

1966
typical home built · MI 1972
$3,268
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.99%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
32%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Price trend

Home prices up 79% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Charlevoix rose 79% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 4.4%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Charlevoix home at roughly $429,000 today.

Charlevoix areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+4.4%
past year
+79%
past 5 years
+142%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $429K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Charlevoix, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $816, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,470
4 bedrooms$1,650
38%
of households rent · MI 27%
464
renter households
63%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
27%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$816
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Antrim County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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