Michigan Has One of the Best Cities to Buy a Home on a Household Income of $65,000 or Less

The American dream is to buy a home, whether you're in Michigan or anywhere else across the country. If you really want to buy a home and have a household income of $65,000 or less, perhaps that dream has seemed out of reach the past few years. But, the good news is that a new study looks at 10 cities that are the best places to buy a home with a household income of $65,000 or less, and one is in Pennsylvania.

The study comes from RocketHomes.com. They state, "When it comes to choosing a city to put down roots, there are many factors at play. Those may include the surrounding neighborhoods, culture and entertainment amenities, school districts, job opportunities and outdoor offerings. While all of these are important when deciding on a next locale, there is one that may be most essential of all – whether one can comfortably afford to live there."

They add that Rocket HomesSM teamed up with BestPlaces.net to discover some of the best places to buy a home on a $65,000 household income, including both small towns and bigger cities. There's something for everyone on this list.

One Michigan city made the cut. Lansing, Michigan, came in at No. 10 on the tally. The city's median home price is $222,711. Of the city, Rocket Homes says, "Michigan’s capital city has a cost of living that’s 21.4% lower than the national average, making it an affordable place to live. Along with being friendly to budgets, Lansing is also friendly to its residents and visitors alike, priding itself on being a welcoming and inclusive community. One way it achieves this is by creating sensory-friendly events, attractions, programs and shows for neurodiverse people and families." Find the full list of choice cities here.

If you're wondering which cities in Michigan have residents with the lowest median household income, we have the tally for you. This list just goes to show how the cost of living varies greatly throughout Michigan- and, of course, the same is true of the U.S. After all, Michigan is diverse demographically, so it's to be expected that some areas of the state have a higher cost of living than others.

The staff at Zip Atlas has published a fresh list of the median household incomes across Michigan using a variety of data. The site offers a “structured collection of zip code, area code, city and state demographic, social and economic profiles,” according to their official website. They add, “Here you will find employment and unemployment rates, industry statistics, household and personal income reports, property value assessment, housing unit occupancy and vacancy breakdown, mortgage and rent analysis, age, gender, ancestry and racial profiles, education attainment levels and school enrolment among many others.”

If you're wondering, according to the study, none of the 10 cities in the U.S. with the highest median household income are in Michigan. No. 1 is Short hills, New Jersey, at $185,466, followed by Purchase, New York and Villa Maria, Pennsylvania. Michigan didn't even make the top 100 cities in the U.S. when it came to highest median household income. As for the lowest median household income, Michigan starts at $11,667 and goes up from there.

So, which Michigan cities have the lowest median household incomes? View the list of cities below, and see if your city made the cut. For more information, visit the Zip Atlas website here. Note that some of these are college towns, so that factors into the median household income. In reality, the non-students in those cities likely have a higher median household income.

Source: ZipAtlas.com

$11,667.00

$14,375.00

$16,576.50

$17,105.00

$17,917.00

$18,750.00

$19,375.00

$19,716.00

$20,833.00

$21,250.00

$21,250.00

$21,500.00

$21,659.00

$22,109.00

$22,608.00

$22,717.00

$23,125.00

$23,194.00

$23,444.00

$23,750.00

$23,750.00

$23,854.00

$23,889.00

$24,000.00

$24,125.00

$24,125.00

$25,139.00

$25,417.00

$25,711.00

$25,777.00

$25,962.00

$25,968.00

$26,150.00

$26,233.00

$26,250.00

$26,250.00

$26,250.00

$26,265.00

$26,361.00

$26,429.00

$26,477.00

$26,478.00

$26,667.00

$26,771.00

$26,773.00

$26,773.00

$26,782.00

$26,973.92

$27,019.00

$27,125.00