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Housing in Fruitport

A typical Fruitport home is worth roughly $267,000

Home prices around Fruitport have risen about 63% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$267K
▲ 5.5% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,410
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,947
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Fruitport?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

89% of Fruitport households own their home

Half of Fruitport’s homes were built before 1964.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Michigan: 73% own.

1964
typical home built · MI 1972
$2,947
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.35%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
8%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Price trend

Home prices up 63% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Fruitport rose 63% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 5.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Fruitport home at roughly $267,000 today.

Fruitport areaMichigan
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+5.5%
past year
+63%
past 5 years
+117%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $267K.

How Fruitport ranks on rising home prices →

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$308,000
Typical Fruitport home $267K

That covers a typical Fruitport home, with $41K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,700
Loan $1,320Tax $300Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,410 a month here, $290 less than owning.

How Fruitport ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fruitport’s typical property tax (1.35% 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 $1,410

Renters already here pay a median of $1,076, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$980
1 bedroom$1,080
2 bedrooms$1,410
3 bedrooms$1,700
4 bedrooms$1,880
11%
of households rent · MI 27%
51
renter households
47%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
20%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,076
median rent paid today · Census

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

On the market in Fruitport

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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