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Housing in Ronald

A typical Ronald home is worth roughly $213,000

Home prices around Ronald have risen about 52% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$213K
▲ 3.5% in a year · MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,210
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,500
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Ronald?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$246,000
Typical Ronald home $213K

That covers a typical Ronald home, with $33K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,270
Loan $1,060Tax $150Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210 a month here, $60 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Ronald’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.

Price trend

Home prices up 52% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Ronald rose 52% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Michigan. Last year prices rose 3.5%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Ronald home at roughly $213,000 today.

Ronald areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%200020052010201520202025
+3.5%
past year
+52%
past 5 years
+108%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $213K.

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Ronald, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,210

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,210
3 bedrooms$1,480
4 bedrooms$1,840
18%
of households rent · MI 27%
97
renter households
79%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
23%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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.

The homes

82% of Ronald households own their home

Half of Ronald’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 82%Rent 18%

Michigan: 73% own.

1982
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,500
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
0.87%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
4%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Next door

Ronald vs. its neighbors

Ronald is the 3rd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Ronald$213K*+3.5%†$1,210$63,098
North Plains$184K*—$1,080$60,724
Ionia$231K+5.5%$1,190$60,189
Bushnell$199K*—$1,260$65,500
Orleans$264K+6.1%$1,190$62,978

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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