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The median home value in Benton Harbor, MI is $159,649 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.8% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$159,649
Year-over-Year
+6.8%
Population
8,804
Benton Harbor ranks #135 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 39.1% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Berrien County, where the county-wide median is $285,496.
Median household income in Benton Harbor is $31,117, so the typical home value is about 5.1× 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).
Benton Harbor police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,874 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 5,498 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 Benton Harbor, that value is $159,649. That's up 6.8% from a year earlier. It is about 39.1% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Benton Harbor are cheaper than Berrien County as a whole, where the median is $285,496 — a difference of about 44.1%.
Median household income here is $31,117, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Benton Harbor police reported 1,874 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,804. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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