Housing in Laird

A typical Laird home is worth roughly $132,000

Typical home value

$132K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$980

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,224

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Laird?

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

Your money goes further50% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town41% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners95% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Laird

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You could afford about

$271,000

Typical Laird home $132K

That covers a typical Laird home, with $139K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$830

Loan $650Tax $140Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $980 a month here, $150 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Baraga$173K Portage$205K Stannard$110K

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.

The homes

95% of Laird households own their home

Half of Laird’s homes were built before 1963.

Owners and renters

Own 95%Rent 5%

Michigan: 73% own.

1963

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,224

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

41%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760

1 bedroom$810

2 bedrooms$980

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,570

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

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.

Next door

Laird vs. its neighbors

Laird is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Portage$205K Baraga$173K Laird$132K Stannard$110K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Laird	$132K*	—	$980	—	$64,250
Baraga	$173K	+12.3%	$1,000	0	$52,254
Duncan	—	—	$980	—	$47,188
Portage	$205K*	−1.1%†	$1,020	—	$66,652
Stannard	$110K*	—	$980	0	$57,500

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.