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Housing in Springport

A typical Springport home is worth roughly $99,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$99K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,170
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,373
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Springport?

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

★ What stands out · 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
$168,000
Typical Springport home $99K

That covers a typical Springport home, with $69K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$630
Loan $490Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $540 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Springport’s typical property tax (1.38% 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

64% of Springport households own their home

Half of Springport’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 64%Rent 36%

Michigan: 73% own.

1938
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,373
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.38%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

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 $1,170

Renters already here pay a median of $926, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$840
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,170
3 bedrooms$1,500
4 bedrooms$1,600
36%
of households rent · MI 27%
100
renter households
$926
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Battle Creek, MI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Springport in 2025. The last year with any was 2023 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 2010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−24
New homes+1

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Springport's population fell by 24 even though 1 new home was permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Michigan: 1.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023110$140,000
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017110$230,000
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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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. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits 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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