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St. Helen, MI Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q2 2024. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

St. Helen, MI Housing Market Trends

With 2,735 people, 1,368 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $135,956, house prices in St. Helen are some of the most affordable in Michigan as well as the nation.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in St. Helen, accounting for 89.94% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in St. Helen include mobile homes or trailers ( 8.22%), row houses and other attached homes ( 1.33%).

Dwellings in St. Helen tend to be quite small (one, two, or no bedrooms) and owner occupied. In fact, 67.35% of the homes in St. Helen have two or fewer bedrooms.

There is a lot of housing in St. Helen built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in St. Helen built between 1940-1969 ( 45.50%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 3.76%). There's also some housing in St. Helen built before 1939 ( 1.37%).

A decent proportion of the St. Helen housing stock is seasonally occupied. That is, homes and condos in St. Helen are occupied by people for a portion of the year - mainly for vacation purposes - and then locked up and left unoccupied for the remainder of the year as owners return to their primary residences. This characteristic of the St. Helen housing market speaks to its popularity as a vacation location of choice.

St. Helen Home Appreciation Rates

In the last 10 years, St. Helen has experienced some of the highest home appreciation rates of any community in the nation. St. Helen real estate appreciated 155.58% over the last ten years, which is an average annual home appreciation rate of 9.84%, putting St. Helen in the top 10% nationally for real estate appreciation. If you are a home buyer or real estate investor, St. Helen definitely has a track record of being one of the best long term real estate investments in America through the last ten years.

Appreciation rates are so strong in St. Helen that despite a nationwide downturn in the housing market, St. Helen real estate has continued to appreciate in value faster than most communities. Looking at just the latest twelve months, St. Helen appreciation rates continue to be some of the highest in America, at 10.15%, which is higher than appreciation rates in 87.99% of the cities and towns in the nation. Based on the last twelve months, short-term real estate investors have found good fortune in St. Helen. St. Helen appreciation rates in the latest quarter were at 0.88%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 3.56%.

Relative to Michigan, our data show that St. Helen's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 80% of the other cities and towns in Michigan.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$135,956

St. Helen, MI Home Prices
> $1,680,000
$1,260,001 - $1,680,000
$840,001 - $1,260,000
$672,001 - $840,000
$504,001 - $672,000
$336,001 - $504,000
$168,001 - $336,000
$84,001 - $168,000
$0 - $84,000
0.7%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.1%
2.1%
2.1%
8.2%
8.2%
25.6%
25.6%
39.9%
39.9%
23.4%
23.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Very Low

for Michigan

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

1,368

St. Helen Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,263 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
75.8%
75.8%
24.2%
24.2%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
46.4%
46.4%
53.6%
53.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
3.8%
3.8%
49.4%
49.4%
45.5%
45.5%
1.4%
1.4%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
89.9%
89.9%
1.3%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
8.2%
8.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
1.4%
1.4%
9.2%
9.2%
56.7%
56.7%
29.1%
29.1%
3.5%
3.5%
0.1%
0.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

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