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Home values, rents and more in Alma, MI

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$165,000
Metro: $180,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+5.1%
Metro: +6.2% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
9,396
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$53,307
Metro: $63,556 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Alma, MI, shaded by typical home valueAlma48801
  • Under $170k
  • $170k–$190k
  • $190k–$200k
  • $200k+
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ZIP codes around Alma, MI, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Alma is outlined.

How Alma compares

The typical home in Alma, MI is worth about $165,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Alma are 9% below the typical value in the Alma metro area ($180,000) and 55% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Alma rose 5.1%, compared with +6.2% in the Alma metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $53,307, against $63,556 in the Alma metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 9,396 people live in Alma (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Alma has the lowest typical home value of the 9 cities in the Alma metro area and the 60th-lowest of 686 in Michigan with Zillow figures.

Part of: Gratiot County, MI · Alma metro area · Michigan

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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