Housing in North Shade

A typical North Shade home is worth roughly $177,000

Typical home value

$177K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,040

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,382

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is North Shade?

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

Your money goes further33% below the Michigan typical home.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1944.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.5 years of income

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

You could afford about

$281,000

Typical North Shade home $177K

That covers a typical North Shade home, with $104K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,040

Loan $880Tax $120Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $0 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

New Haven$208K Fulton$268K Lebanon$224K Bloomer$194K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, North Shade’s typical property tax (0.78% 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

86% of North Shade households own their home

Half of North Shade’s homes were built before 1944.

Owners and renters

Own 86%Rent 14%

Michigan: 73% own.

1944

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,382

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.78%

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

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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $744, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730

1 bedroom$840

2 bedrooms$1,040

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,470

14%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$744

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Montcalm 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 Shade vs. its neighbors

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

Fulton$268K Lebanon$224K New Haven$208K Bloomer$194K North Shade$177K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
North Shade	$177K*	—	$1,040	$71,250
New Haven	$208K*	—	$1,030	$70,192
Fulton	$268K	+9.4%	$1,120	$84,934
Lebanon	$224K*	—	$1,040	$80,313
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.