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The median home value in Battle Creek, MI is $187,207 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.75% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$187,207
Year-over-Year
+3.75%
Population
61,163
Battle Creek ranks #122 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 28.6% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Calhoun County, where the county-wide median is $194,048.
Median household income in Battle Creek is $55,693, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Battle Creek police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,122 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,523 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Battle Creek, that value is $187,207. That's up 3.75% from a year earlier. It is about 28.6% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Battle Creek are cheaper than Calhoun County as a whole, where the median is $194,048 — a difference of about 3.5%.
Median household income here is $55,693, so the typical home value is about 3.4× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Battle Creek police reported 1,122 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 61,163. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.