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Housing costs in Houghton 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 | $840 | ± $73 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $767 | ± $47 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $743 | ± $40 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $684 | ± $43 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $159,900 | ± $7,874 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $140,300 | ± $11,437 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $129,200 | ± $8,918 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $115,300 | ± $8,290 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.3 % | ± 3.5 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.4 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.5 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.3 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Houghton County is $840, 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.