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Cost of living in St. Charles, Michigan

Simple answer

Typical rent is $460 a month.

St. Charles is a village in Michigan. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $50,000 a year.

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People
1,934
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$460
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$50,000
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$118,500
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,141
Saginaw, MI MSA

St. Charles, Michigan has about 1,934 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $118,500.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Saginaw County is $1,141 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in St. Charles. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Saginaw, MI metro area, prices sit at 90.9 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 St. Charles'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 St. Charles bill.

In July 2026, a typical Michigan home paid 23.05¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not St. Charles'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, 406 have higher typical rent than St. Charles.

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.