A typical Joyfield home is worth roughly $221,000
What kind of housing town is Joyfield?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
95% of Joyfield households own their home
Half of Joyfield’s homes were built before 1982.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A typical home costs 4.3 years of income
More than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $15K short of a typical Joyfield home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $240 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Joyfield’s typical property tax (0.66% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040
Renters already here pay a median of $1,036.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Benzie County, MI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Joyfield vs. its neighbors
Joyfield is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyfield | $221K* | — | $1,040 | $51,250 |
| Blaine | $249K* | — | $1,100 | $75,313 |
| Benzonia | $335K | +5.8% | $1,040 | $72,500 |
| Weldon | $237K* | +25.9%† | $1,160 | $63,500 |
| Pleasanton | $233K* | +2.2%† | $1,280 | $68,750 |
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.