A typical L'Anse home is worth roughly $104,000
Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.
What kind of housing town is L'Anse?
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A typical home costs 2 years of income
Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical L'Anse home, with $80K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $280 more than owning.
How L'Anse ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, L'Anse’s typical property tax (1.64% 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 $970
Renters already here pay a median of $646, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Baraga County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
1 new home permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 1 new home in L'Anse in 2025. That's 0.6 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Michigan (2.3). Over the past 10 years, L'Anse has permitted 8 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, L'Anse's population fell by 137 even though 8 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Michigan: 1.2 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $161,000 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $910,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $80,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $280,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $155,000 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $406,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $91,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $200,000 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $145,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $442,000 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $172,000 |
How L'Anse ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
71% of L'Anse households own their home
Half of L'Anse’s homes were built before 1967.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in L'Anse
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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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.