Housing in Harris

A typical Harris home is worth roughly $169,000

Typical home value

$169K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,269

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Harris?

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

Your money goes further37% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town22% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$219,000

Typical Harris home $169K

That covers a typical Harris home, with $50K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$990

Loan $840Tax $110Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $40 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Spalding$179K Bark River$222K Cornell$221K Escanaba$190K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Harris’s typical property tax (0.75% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

78% of Harris households own their home

Half of Harris’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters

Own 78%Rent 22%

Michigan: 73% own.

1987

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,269

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.75%

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

22%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $424, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,380

4 bedrooms$1,590

22%

of households rent · MI 27%

131

renter households

17%

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

22%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$424

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

Harris vs. its neighbors

Harris is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Bark River$222K Cornell$221K Escanaba$190K Spalding$179K Harris$169K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Harris	$169K*	—	$1,030	$55,104
Spalding	$179K	+7.2%	$1,020	$63,333
Bark River	$222K	+8.1%	$1,100	$69,375
Cornell	$221K	+16.8%	$1,040	$57,813
Escanaba	$190K	+9.8%	$1,070	$81,250

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.