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Cost of living in Alma, Michigan

Alma, Michigan has about 9,396 people. Typical rent is $836 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $53,307 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #59 in Michigan on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $836 a month.

Alma is a city in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $53,307 a year.

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People
9,396
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$836
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$53,307
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$115,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,018
Gratiot County, MI

Alma, Michigan has about 9,396 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $115,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Gratiot County is $1,018 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Alma. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Michigan's prices sit at 96.2 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Michigan taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Alma's exact store tax.

Some places in Michigan add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 0.16% of income. That is not a Alma bill.

In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Alma's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Michigan in the table we use.

Among 409 places we list in Michigan with a rent figure, 288 have higher typical rent than Alma.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.