Housing in Meade

A typical Meade home is worth roughly $138,000

Typical home value

$138K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,050

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,298

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Meade?

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

Your money goes further48% below the Michigan typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about

$286,000

Typical Meade home $138K

That covers a typical Meade home, with $149K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$830

Loan $680Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $220 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Hume$180K Colfax$160K Lincoln$170K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Meade’s typical property tax (0.94% 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 $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $850, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$880

2 bedrooms$1,050

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,400

13%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$850

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

87% of Meade households own their home

Half of Meade’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters

Own 87%Rent 13%

Michigan: 73% own.

1971

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,298

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.94%

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

10%

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.

Next door

Meade vs. its neighbors

Meade is the least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Hume$180K Lincoln$170K Colfax$160K Meade$138K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Meade	$138K*	—	$1,050	$73,571
Chandler	—	+8.3%†	$1,060	$65,000
Hume	$180K*	+3.1%†	$970	$61,500
Colfax	$160K*	+7.8%†	$970	$69,408
Lincoln	$170K*	—	$1,040	$46,875

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.