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Housing in Cleon

A typical Cleon home is worth roughly $188,000

No new homes were permitted in 2008.

Typical home value
$188K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,060
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,485
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Cleon?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.6 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$206,000
Typical Cleon home $188K

That covers a typical Cleon home, with $18K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,110
Loan $930Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060 a month here, $50 less 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, Cleon’s typical property tax (0.79% 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

92% of Cleon households own their home

Half of Cleon’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 92%Rent 8%

Michigan: 73% own.

1990
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,485
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.79%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
18%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,060

Renters already here pay a median of $1,167.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$1,060
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,410
8%
of households rent · MI 27%
30
renter households
63%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
25%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,167
median rent paid today · Census

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

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2008

No permits for new homes were issued in Cleon in 2008. The last year with any was 2006 (5 new homes).

Single-family
0102030 20032005
0
new homes permitted in 2008
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2008000—
2007000—
2006550$438,000
2005770$432,000
200422220$2.2 million
2003000—

Cleon's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2008, so the 2008 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

Next door

Cleon vs. its neighbors

Cleon is the priciest of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Cleon$188K*—$1,060—$51,625
Wexford$158K*+0.7%†$1,220—$77,563
Springdale$172K*+15.6%†$1,240121$53,295
Colfax$166K*+26.5%†$1,230—$60,250
Nessen City—+27.9%†$1,220—$62,222

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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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