Housing in Rockland

A typical Rockland home is worth roughly $73,000

Typical home value

$73K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$928

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Rockland?

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

Your money goes further73% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners99% of households own their home.A second-home town34% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Older homesThe typical home was built around 1938.

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Rockland

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$271,000

Typical Rockland home $73K

That covers a typical Rockland home, with $198K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$460

Loan $360Tax $80Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $560 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Ontonagon$142K Stannard$110K Greenland$90K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Michigan typical property tax (1.25% 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

99% of Rockland households own their home

Half of Rockland’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters

Own 99%Rent 2%

Michigan: 73% own.

1938

typical home built · MI 1972

$928

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

34%

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 $1,020

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720

1 bedroom$930

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,300

4 bedrooms$1,720

of households rent · MI 27%

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

Rockland vs. its neighbors

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

Ontonagon$142K Stannard$110K Greenland$90K Rockland$73K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Rockland	$73K*	—	$1,020	—	$45,500
Ontonagon	$142K	+13.2%	$970	1	$59,135
Stannard	$110K*	—	$980	0	$57,500
McMillan	—	—	$1,260	0	$49,286
Greenland	$90K*	—	$970	0	$64,286
Matchwood	—	—	$1,220	0	$79,722

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.