Housing in Pentland

A typical Pentland home is worth roughly $134,000

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Typical home value

$134K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,000

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,156

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Pentland?

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

Your money goes further50% below the Michigan typical home.Low tax bills#8 of 719 in MI for the lowest property tax bills.Rent is cheap#32 in MI for the cheapest rent.

★ 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

$270,000

Typical Pentland home $134K

That covers a typical Pentland home, with $136K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$800

Loan $660Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,000 a month here, $200 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

McMillan$175K Garfield$176K Lakefield$173K

How Pentland ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Pentland’s typical property tax (0.87% 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 $1,000

Renters already here pay a median of $692, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710

1 bedroom$760

2 bedrooms$1,000

3 bedrooms$1,200

4 bedrooms$1,370

16%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

62%

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

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$692

median rent paid today · Census

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

84% of Pentland households own their home

Half of Pentland’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters

Own 84%Rent 16%

Michigan: 73% own.

1978

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,156

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.87%

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

16%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Pentland vs. its neighbors

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

Garfield$176K McMillan$175K Lakefield$173K Pentland$134K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Pentland	$134K*	—	$1,000	—	$68,607
McMillan	$175K	+7.3%	$1,000	—	$44,550
Garfield	$176K*	—	$1,080	5	$52,917
Lakefield	$173K*	—	$970	—	$56,484
Hudson	—	—	$1,180	0	$40,417

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.