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Housing in Limestone

A typical Limestone home is worth roughly $205,000

Typical home value
$205K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,395
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Limestone?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

99% of Limestone households own their home

Half of Limestone’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 99%Rent 1%

Michigan: 73% own.

1972
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,395
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
33%
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

What it takes to buy in Limestone

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Limestone home $205K

That covers a typical Limestone home, with $66K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,290
Loan $1,010Tax $210Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $220 less than owning.

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,070
3 bedrooms$1,280
4 bedrooms$1,430
1%
of households rent · MI 27%
2
renter households

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

Limestone vs. its neighbors

Limestone is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Limestone$205K*—$1,070$57,292
Rock River$214K*—$1,070$63,235
Maple Ridge$158K*—$1,100$70,119
Au Train$241K+11.8%$1,120$64,015
Skandia$236K+9%$1,140$69,485

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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