State or territory · Census 2020–2024

Median rent and rent burden in Michigan

Median monthly gross rent: $1,129
Rent burden · 30% or more: 50.4%
Severe burden · 50% or more: 26.4%

Burden figures cover an estimated 1,006,424 renter households with a computed rent-to-income ratio.

How much income would keep this rent at 30%?

The area’s median gross rent would equal 30% of an annual household income of $45,160. The calculation multiplies monthly rent by 12 and divides by 0.30.

Compare with broader areas

Same-period Census estimates
Area	Median gross rent ± margin	Rent burden	Severe burden
Michigan	$1,129 ± $4	50.4%	26.4%
United States	$1,413 ± $2	51.1%	25.9%

Browse counties in Michigan

Alcona County$867 median gross rent · 52% rent burden
Alger County$714 median gross rent · 35.8% rent burden
Allegan County$1,100 median gross rent · 45.8% rent burden
Alpena County$673 median gross rent · 51.2% rent burden
Antrim County$902 median gross rent · 32.1% rent burden
Arenac County$761 median gross rent · 41.5% rent burden
Baraga County$616 median gross rent · 31.7% rent burden
Barry County$972 median gross rent · 45.1% rent burden
Bay County$860 median gross rent · 42.9% rent burden
Benzie County$1,026 median gross rent · 51.1% rent burden
Berrien County$942 median gross rent · 49.9% rent burden
Branch County$959 median gross rent · 43.2% rent burden
Calhoun County$968 median gross rent · 48.5% rent burden
Cass County$916 median gross rent · 46.4% rent burden
Charlevoix County$949 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Cheboygan County$773 median gross rent · 41.3% rent burden
Chippewa County$797 median gross rent · 47.3% rent burden
Clare County$765 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Clinton County$1,092 median gross rent · 43.6% rent burden
Crawford County$862 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Delta County$692 median gross rent · 40.8% rent burden
Dickinson County$797 median gross rent · 48.9% rent burden
Eaton County$1,092 median gross rent · 41% rent burden
Emmet County$1,112 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
Genesee County$989 median gross rent · 52.6% rent burden
Gladwin County$690 median gross rent · 45.7% rent burden
Gogebic County$623 median gross rent · 40.8% rent burden
Grand Traverse County$1,288 median gross rent · 50.3% rent burden
Gratiot County$834 median gross rent · 46.9% rent burden
Hillsdale County$832 median gross rent · 40.8% rent burden
Houghton County$840 median gross rent · 56.6% rent burden
Huron County$788 median gross rent · 41.6% rent burden
Ingham County$1,084 median gross rent · 53.1% rent burden
Ionia County$884 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Iosco County$719 median gross rent · 40.5% rent burden
Iron County$716 median gross rent · 48.3% rent burden
Isabella County$913 median gross rent · 51.9% rent burden
Jackson County$985 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Kalamazoo County$1,093 median gross rent · 52.1% rent burden
Kalkaska County$853 median gross rent · 36.5% rent burden
Kent County$1,243 median gross rent · 49% rent burden
Lake County$875 median gross rent · 59.1% rent burden
Lapeer County$988 median gross rent · 51.4% rent burden
Leelanau County$1,228 median gross rent · 39.5% rent burden
Lenawee County$987 median gross rent · 46.8% rent burden
Livingston County$1,287 median gross rent · 49% rent burden
Luce County$675 median gross rent · 57.3% rent burden
Mackinac County$760 median gross rent · 36.9% rent burden
Macomb County$1,211 median gross rent · 50.8% rent burden
Manistee County$842 median gross rent · 51.2% rent burden
Marquette County$949 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Mason County$896 median gross rent · 48.5% rent burden
Mecosta County$934 median gross rent · 52.1% rent burden
Menominee County$692 median gross rent · 46.3% rent burden
Midland County$1,016 median gross rent · 50.9% rent burden
Missaukee County$891 median gross rent · 49.8% rent burden
Monroe County$1,059 median gross rent · 50.6% rent burden
Montcalm County$869 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
Montmorency County$686 median gross rent · 53.1% rent burden
Muskegon County$1,028 median gross rent · 52.5% rent burden
Newaygo County$904 median gross rent · 44.7% rent burden
Oakland County$1,376 median gross rent · 44.8% rent burden
Oceana County$759 median gross rent · 37.2% rent burden
Ogemaw County$823 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Ontonagon County$540 median gross rent · 39.1% rent burden
Osceola County$807 median gross rent · 42.7% rent burden
Oscoda County$681 median gross rent · 39.8% rent burden
Otsego County$1,008 median gross rent · 53.3% rent burden
Ottawa County$1,211 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Presque Isle County$683 median gross rent · 54.4% rent burden
Roscommon County$816 median gross rent · 48.3% rent burden
Saginaw County$947 median gross rent · 55% rent burden
Sanilac County$807 median gross rent · 44.9% rent burden
Schoolcraft County$705 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Shiawassee County$899 median gross rent · 46.6% rent burden
St. Clair County$1,029 median gross rent · 55.2% rent burden
St. Joseph County$849 median gross rent · 38.7% rent burden
Tuscola County$819 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
Van Buren County$870 median gross rent · 48.2% rent burden
Washtenaw County$1,463 median gross rent · 56.1% rent burden
Wayne County$1,132 median gross rent · 54.3% rent burden
Wexford County$897 median gross rent · 52.3% rent burden

Data and definitions

How to read the estimates

The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year release provides these survey estimates. America.co matched Census rent tables by geography ID and used the Gazetteer’s representative points to calculate straight-line distance.

Gross rent includes contract rent and utilities or fuels paid separately. The median describes cash-rent homes surveyed during this period.
Rent burden means gross rent was at least 30% of household income. Severe rent burden means at least 50%. Both shares use only cash-rent households for which Census could compute the ratio.
Margins use the Census 90% confidence level. The rent margin is published by Census. The burden margins are approximate and combine the published category margins using the Census sum and proportion formulas. County and ZIP-area pages require at least 100 estimated households with a computed ratio, a rent margin at most 35% of the estimate, and a rent-burden margin of 20 percentage points or less.
ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. A mailing ZIP can differ or have no corresponding Census area. Distances are straight-line distances between representative points.

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