Housing in Leavitt

A typical Leavitt home is worth roughly $93,000

Typical home value

$93K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,100

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,420

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Leavitt?

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

Your money goes further65% below the Michigan typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about

$190,000

Typical Leavitt home $93K

That covers a typical Leavitt home, with $97K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$600

Loan $460Tax $120Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,100 a month here, $500 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Newfield$170K Elbridge$208K Colfax$157K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Leavitt’s typical property tax (1.54% 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 $1,100

Renters already here pay a median of $1,000, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,100

3 bedrooms$1,370

4 bedrooms$1,720

15%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$1,000

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Newaygo 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

85% of Leavitt households own their home

Half of Leavitt’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters

Own 85%Rent 15%

Michigan: 73% own.

1984

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,420

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

1.54%

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

13%

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.

Next door

Leavitt vs. its neighbors

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

Elbridge$208K Newfield$170K Colfax$157K Leavitt$93K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Leavitt	$93K*	—	$1,100	—	$52,679
Newfield	$170K*	+5.2%†	$970	9	$62,391
Elbridge	$208K*	−1%†	$990	—	$80,833
Colfax	$157K*	—	$1,130	—	$77,500
Beaver	—	+6.7%†	$980	—	$50,469

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.