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Housing in Mio

A typical Mio home is worth about $125,000

Up 1.2% in a year, 53% below the Michigan typical home.

Typical home value
$125K
▲ 1.2% in a year · MI $266K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$908
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Mio?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$157,000
Typical Mio home $125K

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

The typical home, each month
$760
Loan $620Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $210 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mio’s typical property tax (1.00% 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

77% of Mio households own their home

Half of Mio’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Michigan: 73% own.

1972
typical home built · MI 1972
$908
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.00%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
27%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Price trend

Up 25.2% in five years

About the same pace as Michigan (24.1%).

MioMichigan
$50K$100K$150K$200K$250K$300K20182020202220242026
Show as a table
JanuaryMioMichigan
2017$72,000$144,000
2018$75,000$155,000
2019$74,000$165,000
2020$79,000$175,000
2021$91,000$194,000
2022$103,000$217,000
2023$112,000$230,000
2024$118,000$241,000
2025$124,000$253,000
2026$126,000$262,000
August 2026$125,000$266,000
Then & now

A typical Mio home worth $72K in September 2016 is worth about $125K today.

+$53K
+1.2%
past year
+25.2%
past 5 years
+72.9%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $584, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,380
23%
of households rent · MI 27%
156
renter households
54%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
29%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$584
median rent paid today · Census

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

Mio vs. its neighbors

Mio is the 2nd least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Mio$125K+1.2%$970$40,750
Mentor$113K*+11.9%†$980$42,500
Comins$167K+7%$980$52,500

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, August 2026. 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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