Shareholders' Equity (Details Textual) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 28, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Common stock, shares authorized		200,000,000		67,700,000
Excess stock , shares authorized		200,000,000		5,000,000
Shares issued in public offering	7,000,000
Purchased additional shares	1,050,000
Stock issued new, price per stock	$ 8.5
Shares issued in connection with DRIP		3,734,226
Cash raised from issuance of common stock under DRIP		$ 32,529,420
Cash dividends paid		21,028,154
Dividend per common share		$ 0.45
Dividend declared per share on July 1, 2014 by company		$ 0.15
Declaration date		Jul. 01, 2014
Dividends payable, date to be paid		Sep. 15, 2014
Record date		Aug. 15, 2014
Amount of dividend reinvested		5,545,995	4,980,914
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of UMH's [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Preferred stock, shares authorized		2,139,750		2,139,750
Cash dividends paid		3,059,178
Dividend per common share		$ 1.4298
Dividend declared per share on July 1, 2014 by company		$ 0.4766
Declaration date		Jul. 01, 2014
Dividends payable, date to be paid		Sep. 15, 2014
Record date		Aug. 15, 2014
Annual rate of dividends cumulative and payable		$ 1.90625
Cumulative redeemable preferred, stock dividend rate		7.625%		7.625%
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Shareholders' Equity (Textual)
Preferred stock, shares authorized		2,300,000		2,300,000
Cash dividends paid		$ 3,396,096
Dividend per common share		$ 1.4766
Dividend declared per share on July 1, 2014 by company		$ 0.4922
Declaration date		Jul. 01, 2014
Dividends payable, date to be paid		Sep. 15, 2014
Record date		Aug. 15, 2014
Annual rate of dividends cumulative and payable		$ 1.96875
Cumulative redeemable preferred, stock dividend rate		7.875%		7.875%