Housing in Duplain

A typical Duplain home is worth roughly $162,000

Typical home value

$162K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,866

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Duplain?

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

Your money goes further39% below the Michigan typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$237,000

Typical Duplain home $162K

That covers a typical Duplain home, with $75K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,000

Loan $800Tax $160Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $30 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Ovid$196K Greenbush$259K Elba$127K Fairfield$193K Middlebury$190K Bingham$241K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Duplain’s typical property tax (1.15% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $832, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,390

13%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

24%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$832

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

88% of Duplain households own their home

Half of Duplain’s homes were built before 1956.

Owners and renters

Own 88%Rent 13%

Michigan: 73% own.

1956

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,866

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

1.15%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

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

Next door

Duplain vs. its neighbors

Duplain is the 2nd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Greenbush$259K Bingham$241K Ovid$196K Fairfield$193K Middlebury$190K Duplain$162K Elba$127K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Duplain	$162K*	—	$1,030	$63,177
Ovid	$196K	+3.7%	$1,040	$105,588
Greenbush	$259K*	+2.7%†	$1,070	$71,607
Elba	$127K*	—	$1,070	$52,344
Fairfield	$193K*	—	$1,030	$78,750
Middlebury	$190K*	+6.1%†	$1,020	$77,344
Bingham	$241K*	+2.5%†	$1,080	$77,273

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.