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Cost of living in Lake Isabella, Michigan

Simple answer

Typical rent is $964 a month.

Lake Isabella is a village in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $77,500 a year.

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People
2,085
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$964
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$77,500
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$184,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,059
Isabella County, MI

Lake Isabella, Michigan has about 2,085 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $184,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Isabella County is $1,059 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake Isabella. 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 Lake Isabella'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 Lake Isabella bill.

In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake Isabella'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, 195 have higher typical rent than Lake Isabella.

Nearby places

EBT nearby

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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Bigger places in Michigan

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.