Housing in Isabella

A typical Isabella home is worth roughly $163,000

Typical home value

$163K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,000

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,134

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Isabella?

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

Your money goes further39% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners89% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · 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

$228,000

Typical Isabella home $163K

That covers a typical Isabella home, with $66K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $800Tax $180Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $30 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Nottawa$199K Vernon$204K Denver$152K Union$408K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Isabella’s typical property tax (1.31% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

89% of Isabella households own their home

Half of Isabella’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 89%Rent 11%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979

typical home built · MI 1972

$2,134

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

1.31%

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

11%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $831, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,000

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,330

11%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

31%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%

19%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$831

median rent paid today · Census

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

Isabella vs. its neighbors

Isabella is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Union$408K Vernon$204K Nottawa$199K Isabella$163K Denver$152K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Isabella	$163K*	—	$1,000	—	$61,750
Nottawa	$199K*	+6.9%†	$1,130	—	$78,792
Vernon	$204K*	+8.3%†	$1,030	—	$80,706
Denver	$152K*	+4.7%†	$1,020	—	$61,912
Union	$408K	+3.3%	$1,030	7	$43,694

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.