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Housing in Lebanon

A typical Lebanon home is worth roughly $224,000

Typical home value
$224K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,782
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Lebanon?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

97% of Lebanon households own their home

Half of Lebanon’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Michigan: 73% own.

1938
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,782
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.80%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

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 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$316,000
Typical Lebanon home $224K

That covers a typical Lebanon home, with $92K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,320
Loan $1,110Tax $150Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $280 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lebanon’s typical property tax (0.80% 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

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,320
4 bedrooms$1,460
3%
of households rent · MI 27%

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

Next door

Lebanon vs. its neighbors

Lebanon is the 2nd priciest of 6 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Lebanon$224K*—$1,040$80,313
Essex$211K*+7.6%†$1,070$71,488
North Plains$184K*—$1,080$60,724
Dallas$212K*—$1,040$84,200
Lyons$263K+8.7%$1,150$75,294
North Shade$177K*—$1,040$71,250

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.

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