The median home value in Alpena, MI is $194,568 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.77% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$194,568
Year-over-Year
+6.77%
Population
10,108
Alpena ranks #116 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 25.8% below the state's city median of $262,333. It sits in Alpena County, where the county-wide median is $195,278.
Alpena police recorded a violent crime rate of 514 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 989 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Alpena is $194,568. That's up 6.77% from a year earlier. That is about 25.8% below the typical county in Michigan.
Homes in Alpena are cheaper than Alpena County as a whole, where the median is $195,278 — a difference of about 0.4%.
Alpena police reported 514 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,108. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.