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Housing in Reno

A typical Reno home is worth roughly $141,000

Typical home value
$141K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,219
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Reno?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$196,000
Typical Reno home $141K

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

The typical home, each month
$840
Loan $700Tax $100Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $130 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, Reno’s typical property tax (0.86% 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

97% of Reno households own their home

Half of Reno’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters
Own 97%Rent 3%

Michigan: 73% own.

1979
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,219
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.86%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
28%
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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,063.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$820
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,640
3%
of households rent · MI 27%
6
renter households
$1,063
median rent paid today · Census

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

Reno vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Reno$141K*—$970—$49,583
Burleigh$148K*—$970—$53,393
Plainfield$174K*+11.5%†$1,0007$52,035
Grant$127K*+0.1%†$1,030—$56,193
Logan$154K*+17.8%†$1,010—$53,125

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.

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