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Housing in Gustin

A typical Gustin home is worth roughly $119,000

Home prices around Gustin have risen about 56% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$119K
▲ 4.9% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,208
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Gustin?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$222,000
Typical Gustin home $119K

That covers a typical Gustin home, with $103K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$730
Loan $590Tax $100Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $290 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, Gustin’s typical property tax (1.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 56% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Gustin rose 56% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 4.9%.

Gustin areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+4.9%
past year
+56%
past 5 years
+98%
past 10 years

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $718, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,440
13%
of households rent · MI 27%
50
renter households
$718
median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

87% of Gustin households own their home

Half of Gustin’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,208
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.01%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
15%
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

Gustin vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Gustin$119K*+4.9%†$1,020$58,125
Hawes$176K*—$990$67,500
Harrisville$221K+5.2%$1,050$53,958
Mikado$167K+6.6%$1,230$50,461

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. 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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