Housing in Martiny

A typical Martiny home is worth roughly $176,000

Typical home value

$176K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,040

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,264

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Martiny?

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

A second-home town40% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further34% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners94% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

94% of Martiny households own their home

Half of Martiny’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 94%Rent 6%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,264

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.72%

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

40%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$208,000

Typical Martiny home $176K

That covers a typical Martiny home, with $32K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,030

Loan $870Tax $110Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $10 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Chippewa$151K Morton$252K Sheridan$156K Colfax$215K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Martiny’s typical property tax (0.72% 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

Renters already here pay a median of $756, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740

1 bedroom$820

2 bedrooms$1,040

3 bedrooms$1,320

4 bedrooms$1,470

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

18%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%

24%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$756

median rent paid today · Census

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

Martiny vs. its neighbors

Martiny is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Morton$252K Colfax$215K Martiny$176K Sheridan$156K Chippewa$151K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Martiny	$176K*	—	$1,040	—	$51,875
Chippewa	$151K*	+6.4%†	$1,020	—	$59,107
Morton	$252K*	+7.3%†	$970	28	$72,877
Sheridan	$156K*	—	$970	—	$49,800
Colfax	$215K*	+4.6%†	$1,050	—	$87,935

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.