A typical Hartwick home is worth roughly $160,000
Home prices around Hartwick have risen about 79% over the past 5 years.
What kind of housing town is Hartwick?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 2.4 years of income
Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Hartwick home, with $100K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $40 more than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Hartwick’s typical property tax (0.93% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
93% of Hartwick households own their home
Half of Hartwick’s homes were built before 1981.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
Home prices up 79% in 5 years
The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Hartwick rose 79% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 0.5%.
Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Hartwick, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Mecosta County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Hartwick vs. its neighbors
Hartwick is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartwick | $160K* | +0.5%† | $1,000 | $67,143 |
| Rose Lake | $175K* | +12.5%† | $990 | $62,083 |
| Highland | $190K* | −14.6%† | $1,070 | $77,174 |
| Osceola | $154K* | +3.7%† | $1,010 | $53,869 |
| Middle Branch | $139K* | −12.8%† | $970 | $50,648 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Hartwick buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.