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Housing in Hillman

A typical Hillman home is worth roughly $87,000

Home prices around Hillman have risen about 49% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$87K
▼ 25.3% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$962
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Hillman?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$140,000
Typical Hillman home $87K

That covers a typical Hillman home, with $53K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$540
Loan $430Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $430 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Hillman’s typical property tax (1.11% 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 49% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Hillman rose 49% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Michigan. Last year prices fell 25%.

Hillman areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
−25%
past year
+49%
past 5 years
+75%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Hillman, 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $434, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,420
34%
of households rent · MI 27%
111
renter households
$434
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Alpena 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

66% of Hillman households own their home

Half of Hillman’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters
Own 66%Rent 34%

Michigan: 73% own.

1973
typical home built · MI 1972
$962
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.11%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
9%
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.

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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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