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Housing in Lakeport

A typical Lakeport home is worth roughly $206,000

Home prices around Lakeport have risen about 50% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$206K
▼ 0.7% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,190
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,738
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Lakeport?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

85% of Lakeport households own their home

Half of Lakeport’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Michigan: 73% own.

1965
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,738
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.84%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
35%
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

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$212,000
Typical Lakeport home $206K

That covers a typical Lakeport home, with $6K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,230
Loan $1,020Tax $140Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190 a month here, $40 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, Lakeport’s typical property tax (0.84% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 50% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Lakeport rose 50% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Michigan. Last year prices fell 0.7%.

Lakeport areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
−0.7%
past year
+50%
past 5 years
+95%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Lakeport, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,190

Renters already here pay a median of $1,125.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,190
3 bedrooms$1,450
4 bedrooms$1,580
15%
of households rent · MI 27%
51
renter households
$1,125
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Detroit-Warren-Livonia, 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.

Next door

Lakeport vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Lakeport. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Lakeport$206K*−0.7%†$1,190—$54,236
Burtchville$162K*−0.7%†$1,1903$58,872

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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Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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