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Housing costs in Alpena County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $673 | ± $37 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $660 | ± $46 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $638 | ± $51 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $606 | ± $37 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $153,900 | ± $4,690 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $137,800 | ± $6,210 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $128,000 | ± $7,234 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $111,200 | ± $4,240 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.4 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.8 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.6 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.1 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Alpena County is $673, below the Michigan median of $884 across 83 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.