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Housing in Glen

A typical Glen home is worth roughly $108,000

Typical home value
$108K
MS $198K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$850
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$500
MS $1,215

What kind of housing town is Glen?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Glen

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You could afford about
$224,000
Typical Glen home $108K

That covers a typical Glen home, with $116K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$630
Loan $530Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $850 a month here, $220 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Mississippi typical property tax (0.72% 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 $850

Renters already here pay a median of $731, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$730
1 bedroom$760
2 bedrooms$850
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,170
16%
of households rent · MS 30%
11
renter households
$731
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

84% of Glen households own their home

Half of Glen’s homes were built before 1987.

Owners and renters
Own 84%Rent 16%

Mississippi: 70% own.

1987
typical home built · MS 1986
$500
median property tax bill · MS $1,215
1%
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.

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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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