Housing in Holmes

A typical Holmes home is worth roughly $145,000

Typical home value

$145K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,380

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,445

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Holmes?

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

A second-home town53% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further46% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners98% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

98% of Holmes households own their home

Half of Holmes’s homes were built before 1968.

Owners and renters

Own 98%Rent 2%

Michigan: 73% own.

1968

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,445

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

53%

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

What it takes to buy in Holmes

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$271,000

Typical Holmes home $145K

That covers a typical Holmes home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$910

Loan $720Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,380 a month here, $470 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Beecher$169K Amberg$193K Nadeau$158K Daggett$199K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Michigan typical property tax (1.25% 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 $1,380

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$990

1 bedroom$1,090

2 bedrooms$1,380

3 bedrooms$1,910

4 bedrooms$1,950

of households rent · MI 27%

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

Holmes vs. its neighbors

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

Daggett$199K Amberg$193K Beecher$169K Nadeau$158K Holmes$145K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Holmes	$145K*	—	$1,380	—	$56,250
Beecher	$169K*	—	$1,010	4	$57,841
Amberg	$193K	+6.3%	$1,010	3	$41,673
Nadeau	$158K*	—	$1,400	—	$54,500
Daggett	$199K	+9.9%	$1,250	—	$49,500

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.