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Housing in Walker

A typical Walker home is worth roughly $202,000

Typical home value
$202K
MI $266K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,233
MI $2,904

What kind of housing town is Walker?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Walker

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You could afford about
$271,000
Typical Walker home $202K

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

The typical home, each month
$1,270
Loan $1,000Tax $210Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $300 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Walker ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Michigan typical property tax (1.25% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $719, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$690
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,300
14%
of households rent · MI 27%
15
renter households
$719
median rent paid today · Census

How Walker ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →

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

The homes

86% of Walker households own their home

Half of Walker’s homes were built before 1975.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

Michigan: 73% own.

1975
typical home built · MI 1972
$1,233
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
14%
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.

Next door

Walker vs. its neighbors

Walker is the 2nd priciest of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Walker$202K*—$970$75,833
Ellis$244K*+10.2%†$980$76,563
Nunda$173K*+8.7%†$970$58,707
Waverly$125K*+7.8%†$1,000$67,375
Forest$129K*+8.8%†$970$57,292

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.

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