housing costs · Michigan
Housing costs in St. Joseph 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 | $849 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $825 | ± $29 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $811 | ± $36 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $743 | ± $31 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $178,300 | ± $6,438 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $167,600 | ± $5,314 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $152,800 | ± $3,904 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $134,600 | ± $3,609 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 25.0 % | ± 2.0 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 24.5 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 24.1 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 24.3 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in St. Joseph County is $849, 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.