Housing in Sagola

A typical Sagola home is worth roughly $164,000

Typical home value

$164K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,020

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,588

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Sagola?

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

A second-home town46% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.Your money goes further39% below the Michigan typical home.A town of owners90% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · The homes

90% of Sagola households own their home

Half of Sagola’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters

Own 90%Rent 10%

Michigan: 73% own.

1975

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,588

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.97%

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

46%

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.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$301,000

Typical Sagola home $164K

That covers a typical Sagola home, with $137K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$990

Loan $810Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $30 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Felch$181K Norway$160K Mastodon$124K Republic$175K Breitung$175K Ely$196K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sagola’s typical property tax (0.97% 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 $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $1,260.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$720

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,020

3 bedrooms$1,230

4 bedrooms$1,560

10%

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

$1,260

median rent paid today · Census

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

Sagola vs. its neighbors

Sagola is the 3rd least expensive of 7 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Ely$196K Felch$181K Republic$175K Breitung$175K Sagola$164K Norway$160K Mastodon$124K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Sagola	$164K*	—	$1,020	$78,333
Felch	$181K	+4.7%	$1,010	$74,000
Norway	$160K	−1.4%	$1,000	$90,750
Mastodon	$124K*	+8.7%†	$1,100	$55,625
Mansfield	—	+8.7%†	$1,100	$78,750
Republic	$175K	+8.7%	$1,090	$49,663
Breitung	$175K*	+5%†	$980	$72,343
Ely	$196K*	+11.8%†	$980	$100,104

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.