What salary do you need to live in Flint, MI?

What housing costs in Flint

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Flint, MI metro at $801 for a one-bedroom, $1,016 for a two-bedroom and $1,132 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $215 a month, and the third bedroom another $116.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $182,400. Against a median household income of $62,281, the ratio is 2.9× — one of the gentler home-price-to-income ratios in the country.

BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 93.0, where 100 is the US average. In plain terms, the full basket of goods, services and housing costs 7.0% less than average, so $100,000 here buys roughly what $107,488 would at average US prices.

Income needed for each grade in Flint

With a two-bedroom at the median rent, the score enters Tight at $26,000, Okay at $52,000 and Comfortable at $104,000 a year before tax. At the Comfortable line, a year of rent takes 12% of income and the median home is 1.8× income.

Reaching Royal takes $328,000 — 3.2× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Flint.

Flint at four common salaries

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 59 and a three-bedroom 54, both Okay; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

Of the four salaries, $150,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $100,000 still lands at Okay.

How Flint ranks among 387 metros

Ranked against all 387 metros, Flint sits 209th on overall price level and 275th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 335th.

Its nearest neighbors on the rent list are Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH ($1,021) and Hattiesburg, MS ($1,016).

Flint vs. the rest of Michigan

Statewide, Michigan's median two-bedroom rent is $1,162 and its median home value $231,600. Flint's rent is −13% against that, and its home value −21%; the price parity is 93.0 versus 96.2 for the state.

Run Michigan's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $134,000; Flint's line is −22% from that.

If Flint is on your list, Jackson, MI, Midland, MI, and Niles, MI are the most similar Michigan metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Where the typical Flint household lands

The median household in the metro earns $62,281 (ACS 2020-2024). Run through the calculator with two bedrooms, that scores 50, Okay. The Comfortable line is 67% above what the median household makes. Statewide, the Michigan median household ($72,875) grades Okay on the state's own medians. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.