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The median home value in Birmingham, MI is $755,859 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.41% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$755,859
Year-over-Year
+6.41%
Population
21,326
Birmingham ranks #1 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 188.1% above the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Oakland County, where the county-wide median is $373,377.
Median household income in Birmingham is $153,510, so the typical home value is about 4.9× 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).
Birmingham police recorded a violent crime rate of 56 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 642 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 Birmingham, that value is $755,859. That's up 6.41% from a year earlier. It is about 188.1% above the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Birmingham are more expensive than Oakland County as a whole, where the median is $373,377 — a difference of about 102.4%.
Median household income here is $153,510, so the typical home value is about 4.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Birmingham police reported 56 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 21,326. 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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