Housing in Hawes

A typical Hawes home is worth roughly $176,000

Typical home value

$176K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$990

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,487

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Hawes?

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

A second-home town45% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further34% below the Michigan typical home.

★ What stands out · The homes

86% of Hawes households own their home

Half of Hawes’s homes were built before 1976.

Owners and renters

Own 86%Rent 14%

Michigan: 73% own.

1976

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,487

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.85%

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

45%

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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.6 years of income

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

You could afford about

$267,000

Typical Hawes home $176K

That covers a typical Hawes home, with $91K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,050

Loan $870Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $990 a month here, $60 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Alcona$214K Gustin$119K Haynes$196K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Hawes’s typical property tax (0.85% 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 $990

Renters already here pay a median of $844, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$990

3 bedrooms$1,350

4 bedrooms$1,460

14%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$844

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.

Next door

Hawes vs. its neighbors

Hawes is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Alcona$214K Haynes$196K Hawes$176K Gustin$119K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Hawes	$176K*	—	$990	$67,500
Alcona	$214K*	—	$990	$72,500
Gustin	$119K*	+4.9%†	$1,020	$58,125
Haynes	$196K*	—	$1,000	$54,315

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.