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Loans and Mortgages Payable (Details Textual) (USD $)
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Jul. 14, 2014
Home_Community
Mar. 13, 2014
Home_Community
Nov. 06, 2013
Home_Community
Dec. 31, 2014
Rental_Unit
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Sep. 29, 2014
Oct. 06, 2014
Rental_Unit
Oct. 30, 2014
Mar. 29, 2013
Mar. 01, 2013
Home_Community
Jun. 30, 2013
Feb. 27, 2013
Apr. 03, 2013
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Interest rate on margin loan       2.00%umh_InterestRateOnMarginLoan 2.00%umh_InterestRateOnMarginLoan                  
Margin loan, outstanding       $ 19,392,382umh_MarginLoanOutstanding $ 18,574,228umh_MarginLoanOutstanding                  
Line of credit facility interest rate, Description       LIBOR plus 375 basis points.                    
Lines of credit, outstanding amount   10,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit   35,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit                    
Interest rate of loan       9.50%us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateInterestRate                    
Number of rental units purchased       2,600us-gaap_NumberOfUnitsInRealEstateProperty                    
Mortgage loans on real estate average maturity period       10 years                    
Mortgage loan 8,600,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt 18,100,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt   182,670,854us-gaap_SecuredDebt 160,639,944us-gaap_SecuredDebt                  
Reduced line of credit facility     7,700,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityIncreaseDecreaseForPeriodNet                      
Due Date of mortgage     Dec. 06, 2022                      
Net fixed interest rate on the mortgage     4.75%us-gaap_LongTermDebtPercentageBearingFixedInterestRate                      
Interest rate on mortgage 4.975%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage 6.74%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage                        
Mortgage loans, periodic payment terms   Approximately $8.9 million matures on May 1, 2016 and the remaining balance matures on February 1, 2018.                        
Maturity date of remaining loans Jul. 01, 2023 Feb. 01, 2018                        
Number of manufactured home communities acquired 4umh_NumberOfManufacturedHomeCommunitiesAcquired 8umh_NumberOfManufacturedHomeCommunitiesAcquired 5umh_NumberOfManufacturedHomeCommunitiesAcquired               10umh_NumberOfManufacturedHomeCommunitiesAcquired      
Carrying value of fixed rate mortgages payable       294,759,460us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages 235,685,401us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateCarryingAmountOfMortgages                  
Interest costs on mortgages capitalized       280,354umh_InterestCostsOnMortgagesCapitalized 247,186umh_InterestCostsOnMortgagesCapitalized 269,891umh_InterestCostsOnMortgagesCapitalized                
GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Maximum revolving credit agreement       18,500,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_GeCommercialDistributionFinanceCorporationMember		                    
Line of credit facility interest rate, Description       Interest rates on these agreements range from prime with a minimum of 6% to prime plus 2% with a minimum of 8% after 18 months.                    
Lines of credit, outstanding amount       8,323,300us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_GeCommercialDistributionFinanceCorporationMember		 5,624,509us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_GeCommercialDistributionFinanceCorporationMember		                  
Weighted average interest rate       6.62%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_GeCommercialDistributionFinanceCorporationMember		 6.03%us-gaap_DebtWeightedAverageInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_GeCommercialDistributionFinanceCorporationMember		                  
Sun National Bank [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Lines of credit, outstanding amount       10,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_SunNationalBankMember		 4,920,199us-gaap_LineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_SunNationalBankMember		                  
Additional borrowings on credit facility       5,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromLinesOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_SunNationalBankMember		                    
Interest rate of line of credit       3.75%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_SunNationalBankMember		 3.67%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_SunNationalBankMember		                  
OceanFirst Bank [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Maximum revolving credit agreement             10,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_OceanfirstBankMember		              
Line of credit facility interest rate, Description             Interest is at a variable rate of prime plus 50 basis points (0.5%) and matures on June 1, 2017.              
Due Date of mortgage             Jun. 01, 2017              
21st Mortgage Corp [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Interest rate of loan               6.99%us-gaap_MortgageLoansOnRealEstateInterestRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwentyFirstMortgageCorpMember		            
Number of rental units purchased               500us-gaap_NumberOfUnitsInRealEstateProperty
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwentyFirstMortgageCorpMember		            
Mortgage loans on real estate average maturity period               10 years            
Total outstanding amount of lines of credit       723,548us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityAverageOutstandingAmount
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwentyFirstMortgageCorpMember		                    
21st Mortgage Corp [Member] | New Units [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Origination fee               2.00%us-gaap_PropertyManagementFeePercentFee
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwentyFirstMortgageCorpMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= umh_NewUnitsMember		            
21st Mortgage Corp [Member] | Existing Units [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Origination fee               3.00%us-gaap_PropertyManagementFeePercentFee
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwentyFirstMortgageCorpMember
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= umh_ExistingUnitsMember		            
Two River Community Bank [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Interest rate of line of credit                 4.625%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwoRiverCommunityBankMember		          
Mortgage loan                 4,000,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwoRiverCommunityBankMember		          
Shares of monmouth real estate investment corporation pledged as collateral                 1,000,000umh_SharesOfSubsidiariesOwnedAndPledgedAsCollateral
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_TwoRiverCommunityBankMember		          
Due Date of mortgage                 Oct. 30, 2019          
Bank of Montreal [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Maximum revolving credit agreement                   50,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_BankOfMontrealMember		        
Line of credit facility interest rate, Description       LIBOR plus 275 basis points or 2.91%. LIBOR plus 225 basis points or 2.42% .         Borrowings will bear interest at the Company's option of LIBOR plus 2.00% to 2.75% or BMO's prime lending rate plus 1.00% to 1.75%, based on the Company's overall leverage.        
Line of credit facility, Expiration date                   Mar. 29, 2016        
Unsecured line of credit                   35,000,000umh_UnsecuredLineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_BankOfMontrealMember		        
Borrowing Capacity, description                   The Company has the ability to increase the borrowing capacity by an amount not to exceed $15 million, representing a maximum aggregate borrowing capacity of $50 million, subject to various conditions, as defined in the agreement.        
Percentage of unused commitment amount to be paid per annum                   0.35%umh_PercentageOfUnusedCommitmentAmountToBePaidPerAnnum
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_BankOfMontrealMember		        
Unsecured line of credit amount replaced by new line of credit                   5,000,000umh_UnsecuredLineOfCreditAmountReplacedByNewLineOfCredit
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_BankOfMontrealMember		        
Jp Morgan Chase Bank [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Mortgage loan                     53,760,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_JpMorganChaseBankMember		      
Due Date of mortgage                     Mar. 01, 2023      
Interest rate on mortgage                     4.065%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_JpMorganChaseBankMember		      
Number of manufactured home communities acquired                     10umh_NumberOfManufacturedHomeCommunitiesAcquired
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_JpMorganChaseBankMember		      
Number of Additional Communities added to mortgage                     3umh_NumberOfAdditionalCommunitiesAddedToMortgage
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= umh_JpMorganChaseBankMember		      
Sunny Acres And Suburban Estates [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Description of modified interest rate on mortgage                       The interest rate was reduced from a fixed rate of 6.5% to a fixed rate of 4.0%.    
Description of accelerated maturity period of Mortgage loan                       The maturity date was accelerated from June 1, 2020 to June 1, 2018.    
D and R Village and Waterfalls Village [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Line of credit facility interest rate, Description       LIBOR plus 225 basis points which was 2.41%. LIBOR plus 225 basis points which was 2.41%.                  
Interest rate of line of credit       2.41%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_DAndRVillageAndWaterfallsVillageMember		 2.41%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_DAndRVillageAndWaterfallsVillageMember		                  
Mortgage loan       6,803,625us-gaap_SecuredDebt
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_DAndRVillageAndWaterfallsVillageMember		 7,089,610us-gaap_SecuredDebt
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_DAndRVillageAndWaterfallsVillageMember		               7,400,000us-gaap_SecuredDebt
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_DAndRVillageAndWaterfallsVillageMember		  
Variable rate on mortgage       LIBOR + 2.25 LIBOR + 2.25                  
Loan Extended Period                         2 years  
Due Date of mortgage       Feb. 27, 2015                 Feb. 27, 2015  
Cranberry Village and Forest Park [Member]                            
Loans and Mortgages Payable (Textual)                            
Reduced line of credit facility                           $ 57,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityIncreaseDecreaseForPeriodNet
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_CranberryVillageAndForestParkMember
Interest rate on mortgage                           6.80%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis
= umh_CranberryVillageAndForestParkMember