What is the median rent in LaGrange Township, MI?

The median gross rent in LaGrange Township, MI is $878 (±$102) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 434 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In LaGrange Township, the median gross rent went from $638 in 2015–2019 to $878 in 2020–2024 (+37.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$878 (±$102)
Rented homes
434 (±112)
$2,000 or more
0.0%
Since 2015–2019
+37.6%

How much rent costs in LaGrange Township

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentLaGrange TownshipCass CountyMichiganUnited States
Less than $50021.7% (±9.7 points)13.6%8.3%6.3%
$500 to $99942.2% (±14.1 points)50.0%30.1%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49933.2% (±16.6 points)29.5%38.4%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9993.0% (±4.7 points)3.8%15.1%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4990.0% (±6.7 points)1.2%5.0%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±6.7 points)0.0%1.4%5.5%
$3,000 or more0.0% (±6.7 points)1.8%1.7%6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 42.2% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in LaGrange Township cost $2,000 or more a month.

LaGrange Township against Cass County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
LaGrange TownshipCass CountyMichiganUnited States
Median gross rent$878 (±$102)$916 (±$34)$1,129 (±$4)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent434 (±112)3,188 (±342)1,032,697 (±7,764)42,849,984

In LaGrange Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from Cass County ($916).

It is also lower than in Michigan ($1,129).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Cass County, LaGrange Township ranks 7 of 15 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 815 of 1,305.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in LaGrange Township has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$638 (±$173)$878 (±$102)+37.6%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent40.9% (±7.4 points)32.4% (±6.9 points)−8.5 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate10.0% (±11.6 points)0.4% (±0.7 points)−9.6 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near LaGrange Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with LaGrange Township
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
LaGrange Township—$878 (±$102)—
Dowagiac5.1 mi$840 (±$163)Not measurably different
Jefferson Township (Cass County)5.4 mi$869 (±$384)Not measurably different
Penn Township5.9 mi$1,190 (±$139)Higher
Pokagon Township6.5 mi$872 (±$109)Not measurably different
Vandalia6.6 mi$1,217 (±$350)Not measurably different
Wayne Township6.7 mi$1,080 (±$231)Not measurably different
Calvin Township8.1 mi$797 (±$734)Not measurably different
Volinia Township9.0 mi$945 (±$42)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Penn Township, MI ($1,190).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Cass County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
1Penn Township$1,190 (±$139)
2Wayne Township$1,080 (±$231)
3Newberg Township$1,058 (±$349)
4Ontwa Township$984 (±$59)
5Mason Township (Cass County)$953 (±$35)
6Volinia Township$945 (±$42)
7LaGrange Township$878 (±$102)
8Pokagon Township$872 (±$109)
9Jefferson Township (Cass County)$869 (±$384)
10Milton Township (Cass County)$845 (±$87)
11Dowagiac$840 (±$163)
12Porter Township (Cass County)$834 (±$53)
13Marcellus Township$822 (±$149)

Showing 13 of 15 places in Cass County, ranked from highest to lowest.

The figures for LaGrange Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Cassopolis.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about LaGrange Township

What is the average rent in LaGrange Township, MI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in LaGrange Township is $878 (±$102) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in LaGrange Township?

In LaGrange Township, the median gross rent went from $638 in 2015–2019 to $878 in 2020–2024 (+37.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in LaGrange Township cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in LaGrange Township have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 21.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in LaGrange Township higher than in Cass County?

In LaGrange Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from Cass County ($916).

It is also lower than in Michigan ($1,129).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for LaGrange township, Cass County, Michigan (county subdivision:44140, in state:26 county:027).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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