A typical Goodar home is worth roughly $191,000
What kind of housing town is Goodar?
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89% of Goodar households own their home
Half of Goodar’s homes were built before 1974.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
What it takes to buy in Goodar
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That covers a typical Goodar home, with $80K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $170 less than owning.
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.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Alcona County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Goodar vs. its neighbors
Goodar is the priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodar | $191K* | — | $1,030 | — | $57,500 |
| Rose | $153K* | +13%† | $990 | — | $55,491 |
| Plainfield | $174K* | +11.5%† | $1,000 | 7 | $52,035 |
| Mentor | $113K* | +11.9%† | $980 | — | $42,500 |
| Hill | $171K* | +17%† | $1,020 | — | $64,453 |
| Lupton | $184K | +7.4% | $1,040 | — | $60,208 |
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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What Goodar buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.