Home values, rents and more in East Lansing, MI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How East Lansing compares
The typical home in East Lansing, MI is worth about $317,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in East Lansing are 29% above the typical value in the Lansing metro area ($246,000) and 13% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in East Lansing rose 3.4%, compared with +3.6% in the Lansing metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,847 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 42% above the Lansing metro area ($1,302) and 4% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $45,687, against $72,550 in the Lansing metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 45,758 people live in East Lansing (American Community Survey 2020–24).
East Lansing has the 7th-highest typical home value of the 30 cities in the Lansing metro area and the 180th-highest of 686 in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Ingham County, MI · Lansing 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.