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Housing in Nahma

A typical Nahma home is worth roughly $154,000

Home prices around Nahma have risen about 120% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$154K
▲ 47.2% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,270
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,431
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Nahma?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 120% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Nahma rose 120% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 47%.

Nahma areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%+250%200020052010201520202025
+47%
past year
+120%
past 5 years
+137%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Nahma, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

80% of Nahma households own their home

Half of Nahma’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Michigan: 73% own.

1984
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,431
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.93%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
52%
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

A typical home costs 2.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$209,000
Typical Nahma home $154K

That covers a typical Nahma home, with $55K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$930
Loan $760Tax $120Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270 a month here, $340 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Nahma’s typical property tax (0.93% 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 $1,270

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$920
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,270
3 bedrooms$1,670
4 bedrooms$2,000
20%
of households rent · MI 27%
7
renter households

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

Nahma vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Nahma$154K*+47.2%†$1,270$54,205
Garden$226K+12.4%$1,130$51,838
Masonville$166K*+47.2%†$1,410$78,984
Ensign$181K*+47.2%†$1,410$70,769
Munising$201K+4.7%$1,090$62,227

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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