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Housing in Chippewa

A typical Chippewa home is worth roughly $107,000

Typical home value
$107K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,008
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Chippewa?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Chippewa

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You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Chippewa home $107K

That covers a typical Chippewa home, with $164K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$670
Loan $530Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $400 more than owning.

How Chippewa ranks on affordability →

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

82% of Chippewa households own their home

Half of Chippewa’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,008
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
54%
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 $1,070

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$830
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,420
18%
of households rent · MI 27%
11
renter households

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

Chippewa vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Chippewa$107K*—$1,070$51,429
Kinross$127K*—$1,090$61,250
Superior$160K*—$970$72,750
Trout Lake$207K+9.9%$1,130$46,500
Bay Mills$166K*—$990$60,972

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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