Housing in Superior

A typical Superior home is worth roughly $160,000

Typical home value

$160K

MI $266K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,592

MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Superior?

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

Your money goes further40% below the Michigan typical home.A second-home town23% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.A town of owners93% of households own their home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.2 years of income

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

You could afford about

$281,000

Typical Superior home $160K

That covers a typical Superior home, with $120K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$970

Loan $790Tax $130Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $0 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

Bay Mills$166K Kinross$127K Dafter$229K

How Superior ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Superior’s typical property tax (0.99% 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

93% of Superior households own their home

Half of Superior’s homes were built before 1981.

Owners and renters

Own 93%Rent 7%

Michigan: 73% own.

1981

typical home built · MI 1972

$1,592

median property tax bill · MI $2,904

0.99%

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

23%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $900.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$670

1 bedroom$750

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,170

4 bedrooms$1,300

of households rent · MI 27%

renter households

13%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%

16%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$900

median rent paid today · Census

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

Superior vs. its neighbors

Superior is the 2nd least expensive of 4 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Dafter$229K Bay Mills$166K Superior$160K Kinross$127K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	Median income
Superior	$160K*	—	$970	$72,750
Bay Mills	$166K*	—	$990	$60,972
Kinross	$127K*	—	$1,090	$61,250
Dafter	$229K	+10.1%	$1,050	$65,588

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.