Home values, rents and more in the Detroit metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Detroit metro compares
The typical home in the Detroit metro area is worth about $264,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Detroit metro are about the same as the typical value in Michigan ($264,000) and 28% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Detroit metro rose 1.8%, compared with +3.8% in Michigan and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,514 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 4% above Michigan ($1,457) and 22% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 4.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $76,664, against $72,875 in Michigan and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 4,390,913 people live in the Detroit metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Detroit metro has the 434th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 10th-highest of 33 in Michigan with Zillow figures.
Part of: Michigan
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Detroit metro
Cities in the Detroit metro
- Detroit, MI $74,742
- Warren, MI $197,000
- Sterling Heights, MI $305,000
- Dearborn, MI $248,000
- Clinton Township, MI $255,000
- Canton, MI $401,000
- Livonia, MI $312,000
- Macomb, MI $426,000
- Troy, MI $454,000
- Westland, MI $211,000
- Farmington Hills, MI $387,000
- Shelby Township, MI $403,000
- Rochester Hills, MI $466,000
- Southfield, MI $251,000
- Waterford, MI $275,000
- Novi, MI $466,000
- West Bloomfield, MI $456,000
- Pontiac, MI $135,000
- Taylor, MI $175,000
- Dearborn Heights, MI $213,000
- Saint Clair Shores, MI $228,000
- Royal Oak, MI $328,000
- Redford, MI $173,000
- Roseville, MI $171,000
- Chesterfield, MI $326,000
- Commerce Township, MI $398,000
- Lincoln Park, MI $151,000
- Orion, MI $402,000
- Eastpointe, MI $152,000
- Brownstown, MI $301,000
- White Lake, MI $394,000
- Southgate, MI $193,000
- Oak Park, MI $231,000
- Port Huron, MI $174,000
- Washington, MI $478,000
- Madison Heights, MI $215,000
- Allen Park, MI $206,000
- Hamtramck, MI $169,000
- Garden City, MI $201,000
- Inkster, MI $106,000
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.