Home values, rents and more in Houghton County, MI
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Houghton County, MI compares
The typical home in Houghton County, MI is worth about $196,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Houghton County, MI are about the same as the typical value in the Houghton metro area ($199,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Houghton County, MI rose 7.6%, compared with +8.2% in the Houghton metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,585 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Houghton metro area ($1,563) and 18% below the U.S. ($1,932).
The median household income is $58,899, against $58,128 in the Houghton metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 37,842 people live in Houghton County, MI (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Houghton County, MI has the 28th-lowest typical home value of the 83 counties in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Houghton 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.