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Housing in Rubicon

A typical Rubicon home is worth roughly $113,000

Typical home value
$113K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,010
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,357
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Rubicon?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$280,000
Typical Rubicon home $113K

That covers a typical Rubicon home, with $167K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$710
Loan $560Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010 a month here, $300 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, Rubicon’s typical property tax (1.20% 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

6 of Rubicon’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Rubicon’s homes were built before 1966.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 98%Rent 2%

Michigan: 73% own.

1966
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,357
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
35%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Rubicon

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,010

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$710
1 bedroom$840
2 bedrooms$1,010
3 bedrooms$1,240
4 bedrooms$1,330
2%
of households rent · MI 27%
7
renter households

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

Rubicon vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Rubicon$113K*—$1,010$75,208
Port Hope$195K+1.7%$970$51,563
Sand Beach$206K*+35.3%†$1,050$59,833

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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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