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Housing in Dwight

A typical Dwight home is worth roughly $120,000

Typical home value
$120K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,415
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Dwight?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$180,000
Typical Dwight home $120K

That covers a typical Dwight home, with $60K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$750
Loan $590Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $220 more 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, Dwight’s typical property tax (1.18% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $742, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$810
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,200
4 bedrooms$1,290
18%
of households rent · MI 27%
53
renter households
$742
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

82% of Dwight households own their home

Half of Dwight’s homes were built before 1967.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Michigan: 73% own.

1967
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,415
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.18%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
13%
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.

Next door

Dwight vs. its neighbors

Dwight is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Dwight$120K*—$970$47,917
Hume$180K*+3.1%†$970$61,500
Lincoln$170K*—$1,040$46,875
Port Austin$254K+9.3%$970$53,750

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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