Housing in North Plains

A typical North Plains home is worth roughly $184,000

Typical home value

$184K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,080

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,627

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is North Plains?

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

Your money goes further31% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners89% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3 years of income

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

You could afford about

$238,000

Typical North Plains home $184K

That covers a typical North Plains home, with $54K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,100

Loan $910Tax $140Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080 a month here, $20 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Ronald$172K Lebanon$224K Lyons$263K Bloomer$194K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, North Plains’s typical property tax (0.88% 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

89% of North Plains households own their home

Half of North Plains’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters

Own 89%Rent 11%

Michigan: 73% own.

1958

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,627

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.88%

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,080

Renters already here pay a median of $794, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,080

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,650

11%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

70%

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

21%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$794

median rent paid today · Census

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

Next door

North Plains vs. its neighbors

North Plains is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Lyons$263K Lebanon$224K Bloomer$194K North Plains$184K Ronald$172K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
North Plains	$184K*	—	$1,080	$60,724
Ronald	$172K*	+3.5%†	$1,210	$63,098
Lebanon	$224K*	—	$1,040	$80,313
Lyons	$263K	+8.7%	$1,150	$75,294
Bloomer	$194K*	+11.7%†	$1,090	$86,313

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.