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Home values, rents and more in the Ludington metro area

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

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Typical home value
$267,000
Michigan: $264,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+8.1%
Michigan: +3.8% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,900/mo
Michigan: $1,457 · U.S.: $1,932
Population
29,040
Census estimate, July 2025
Median household income
$64,748
Michigan: $72,875 · U.S.: $80,734
Counties around the Ludington metro, shaded by typical home valueMason
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Counties around the Ludington metro, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, counties). The metro area is outlined.

How the Ludington metro compares

The typical home in the Ludington metro area is worth about $267,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Ludington metro are about the same as the typical value in Michigan ($264,000) and 27% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in the Ludington metro rose 8.1%, compared with +3.8% in Michigan and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,900 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 30% above Michigan ($1,457) and about the same as the U.S. ($1,932).

The median household income is $64,748, against $72,875 in Michigan and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 29,040 people live in the Ludington metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).

The Ludington metro has the 428th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 9th-highest of 33 in Michigan with Zillow figures.

Part of: 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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