Midwest · Michigan · pop 199K
Grand Rapids, MI
Good match
at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.
Personalize this score →After estimated taxes in MI, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,128 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,063 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $1,714 left over.
Home prices are within reach relative to local pay — the median home ($260,000) is about 4.0× the median household income.
Expect summer highs near 83°F, winter lows around 19°F, and about 158 sunny days a year.
Tradeoff: this is a quieter market with fewer restaurants and entertainment options per resident.
The Grand Rapids fit print
Est. monthly cost
$3,414/mo
Typical rent
$1,250/mo
Home value ÷ income
4.0×
Score breakdown
The data behind the score
Money (Census ACS · HUD)
- Median gross rent
- $1,170/mo
- HUD fair market rent (2BR)
- $1,250/mo
- Median home value
- $260,000
- Median household income
- $65,000
- Population
- 199,000
Work (BLS)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5%
- Job growth (1yr)
- 1.4%
Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)
- Violent crime rate
- 620
- Property crime rate
- 2,600
Climate (NOAA normals)
- Avg. summer high
- 83°F
- Avg. winter low
- 19°F
- Sunny days / year
- 158
- Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
- ≈3/yr
- Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
- ≈36/yr
- Unhealthy air days
- ≈6/yr
- Annual rain
- 39"
- Annual snow
- 66"
Community & access (approx.)
- 2024 county margin
- D+6
- Int'l airport
- ≈13 mi
- Walkability
- 48/100
- Disaster risk
- 28/100
Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.
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