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Housing in Marilla

A typical Marilla home is worth roughly $224,000

Typical home value
$224K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,070
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,467
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Marilla?

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

★ What stands out · The homes

89% of Marilla households own their home

Half of Marilla’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Michigan: 73% own.

1977
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,467
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
44%
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 Marilla

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Marilla home $224K

That covers a typical Marilla home, with $47K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,410
Loan $1,110Tax $230Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,070 a month here, $340 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$1,370
4 bedrooms$1,440
11%
of households rent · MI 27%
9
renter households

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

Marilla vs. its neighbors

Marilla is the priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2008Median income
Marilla$224K*—$1,070—$63,654
Maple Grove$117K*—$1,130—$58,452
Cleon$188K*—$1,0600$51,625
Springville$132K*−2.9%†$1,260—$46,875
Dickson$157K*—$1,2600$55,781

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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