Home values, rents and more in Bay City, MI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bay City compares
The typical home in Bay City, MI is worth about $126,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bay City are 33% below the typical value in the Bay City metro area ($186,000) and 66% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bay City rose 5.2%, compared with +6.5% in the Bay City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $968 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% below the Bay City metro area ($1,018) and 50% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 3.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $49,420, against $61,763 in the Bay City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 32,320 people live in Bay City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bay City has the lowest typical home value of the 8 cities in the Bay City metro area and the 18th-lowest of 686 in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Bay County, MI · Bay City 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.