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Housing costs in Van Buren County

What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.

FIPS 26159SOURCE: Census ACSEvery figure source-linked

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Median gross rent

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$870± $37evidence →
2019–2023$845± $37evidence →
2018–2022$843± $34evidence →
2017–2021$788± $47evidence →

Median home value

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–2024$206,500± $6,313evidence →
2019–2023$189,900± $4,723evidence →
2018–2022$172,100± $3,952evidence →
2017–2021$155,500± $3,409evidence →

Rent as share of income

Survey periodValueMargin of errorSource
2020–202429.4 %± 1.6 %evidence →
2019–202329.6 %± 1.8 %evidence →
2018–202229.6 %± 2.0 %evidence →
2017–202129.6 %± 2.3 %evidence →

In context

Median rent in Van Buren County is $870, 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.

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