Housing in Lamotte

A typical Lamotte home is worth roughly $172,000

Typical home value

$172K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,040

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,592

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Lamotte?

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

Your money goes further35% below the Michigan typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

Less than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$237,000

Typical Lamotte home $172K

That covers a typical Lamotte home, with $65K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $850Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $10 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Moore$148K Kingston$205K Marlette$183K Evergreen$117K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lamotte’s typical property tax (0.93% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $582, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720

1 bedroom$800

2 bedrooms$1,040

3 bedrooms$1,320

4 bedrooms$1,390

13%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

58%

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

20%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$582

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Sanilac County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

87% of Lamotte households own their home

Half of Lamotte’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Michigan: 73% own.

1971

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,592

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.93%

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

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

Next door

Lamotte vs. its neighbors

Lamotte is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Kingston$205K Marlette$183K Lamotte$172K Moore$148K Evergreen$117K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Lamotte	$172K*	—	$1,040	$60,991
Moore	$148K*	—	$1,040	$48,750
Kingston	$205K	+7.7%	$1,000	$61,250
Marlette	$183K	−0.5%	$1,060	$69,167
Evergreen	$117K*	—	$1,010	$67,500

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.