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Housing in Humboldt

A typical Humboldt home is worth roughly $161,000

Typical home value
$161K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,000
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,314
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Humboldt?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Humboldt households own their home

Half of Humboldt’s homes were built before 1969.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Michigan: 73% own.

1969
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,314
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
43%
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 Humboldt

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Humboldt home $161K

That covers a typical Humboldt home, with $110K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,010
Loan $800Tax $170Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $10 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

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 $1,000

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$1,000
3 bedrooms$1,210
4 bedrooms$1,530
3%
of households rent · MI 27%
6
renter households

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

Humboldt vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Humboldt$161K*—$1,000$76,010
Republic$175K+8.7%$1,090$49,663
Ely$196K*+11.8%†$980$100,104
Champion$206K+9.4%$1,000$56,250
Sagola$164K*—$1,020$78,333

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.

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