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Cost of living in Flat Rock, Michigan

Flat Rock, Michigan has about 10,340 people. Typical rent is $919 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $81,585 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 #45 in Michigan on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $919 a month.

Flat Rock is a city in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $81,585 a year.

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People
10,340
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$919
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$81,585
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$228,800
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,459
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area
Gas
$4.237
Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026

Flat Rock, Michigan has about 10,340 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $228,800.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Wayne County is $1,459 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Flat Rock. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, prices sit at 100.3 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Michigan taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Flat Rock'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 Flat Rock bill.

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

EIA does not publish a Michigan gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Midwest (PADD 2) all-grades price was $4.237 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,033.76 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in Michigan shares this price.

Among 409 places we list in Michigan with a rent figure, 221 have higher typical rent than Flat Rock.

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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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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.