Renting in Ewing Township: a two-bedroom costs about $1,020
Ewing Township is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Zillow and Redfin publish no market figures here. How TownRatings grades cost of living
Why Ewing Township isn’t graded
The grade needs at least two of four Census figures: home value, rent, property tax and the share of households paying 30% or more for housing.
Next door, Forsyth Township grades A− for cost of living.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Delta County, MI): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Property tax runs below the Michigan norm
The median bill is $1,426 (Michigan: $2,904), 0.87% of a home’s value a year, against 1.25% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
The rest of a budget near Ewing Township
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: Michigan, or Michigan. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity cents per kWh, homes | 23.1¢ | U.S. 18.3¢ | state | EIA, July 2026 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Ewing Township vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Ewing Township. Baldwin Township and Forsyth Township and Maple Ridge Township have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ewing Township | – | — | $164K | 0.87% | $1,020 |
| Maple Ridge Township | – | — | $158K | 0.90% | $1,100 |
| Forsyth Township | A− | — | $169K | 0.87% | $1,000 |
| Baldwin Township | – | — | $201K | 0.73% | $1,220 |
“—” under Cost: not graded (too little Census data, or under 1,000 residents). “—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures.
Questions about the cost of living in Ewing Township
How much is rent in Ewing Township?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $1,020 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in. Renters already here pay a median of $933 (Census 2020–24).
What are property taxes in Ewing Township?
The median bill is $1,426 a year, 0.87% of the median home value (Michigan: $2,904, 1.25%), from the Census 2020–24.
Why doesn’t Ewing Township have a cost of living grade?
Ewing Township is too small for a cost of living grade (TownRatings grades places of 1,000 or more).
Neighbors talk housing
What Ewing Township buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.