Housing in Maple Forest

A typical Maple Forest home is worth roughly $173,000

Typical home value

$173K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,030

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,741

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Maple Forest?

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

Your money goes further35% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town31% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners91% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$303,000

Typical Maple Forest home $173K

That covers a typical Maple Forest home, with $130K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,050

Loan $860Tax $150Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $20 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Grayling$183K Lovells$204K Frederic$204K Otsego Lake$218K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Maple Forest’s typical property tax (1.01% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

91% of Maple Forest households own their home

Half of Maple Forest’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters

Own 91%Rent 10%

Michigan: 73% own.

1988

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,741

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

1.01%

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

31%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $925, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,030

3 bedrooms$1,270

4 bedrooms$1,460

10%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$925

median rent paid today · Census

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

Maple Forest vs. its neighbors

Maple Forest is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Otsego Lake$218K Lovells$204K Frederic$204K Grayling$183K Maple Forest$173K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Maple Forest	$173K*	—	$1,030	—	$79,167
Grayling	$183K	+2.7%	$1,070	11	$65,127
Lovells	$204K*	+13.6%†	$1,070	—	$61,833
Frederic	$204K	+7.2%	$1,030	1	$65,333
Otsego Lake	$218K*	−0.6%†	$1,070	—	$73,073

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.