Housing supply

According to the State of Michigan’s Housing Needs Assessment, an “adequate” housing supply ideally serves a range of households with a variety of housing type options, such as single-family homes for sale or apartments for rent (2025). In 2020, there were 43,577 housing units in Lenawee County (HR&A Advisors, 2025). Of the 38,581 occupied units, 79% were owner-occupied while 21% were renter-occupied in 2023 (HR&A Advisors, 2025). The rate of ownership is higher than both the state and national averages (see Figure 7).

When it comes to housing stock type, single-family homes made up 79% of the stock, while 15% were multi-family units, meaning households have a limited variety of accessible, affordable housing options to choose from (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019-2023c). Among vacant homes in Lenawee County, roughly 50% of them are used seasonally, meaning these homes are unoccupied for most of the year (HR&A Advisors, 2025).