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The median home value in Detroit, MI is $76,084 as of 2026-07-31, down 5.61% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$76,084
Year-over-Year
-5.61%
Population
651,171
Detroit ranks #148 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 71.0% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Wayne County, where the county-wide median is $179,490.
Median household income in Detroit is $39,938, so the typical home value is about 1.9× 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).
Detroit police recorded a violent crime rate of 1,781 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,305 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 Detroit, that value is $76,084. That's down 5.61% from a year earlier. It is about 71.0% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Detroit are cheaper than Wayne County as a whole, where the median is $179,490 — a difference of about 57.6%.
Median household income here is $39,938, so the typical home value is about 1.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Detroit police reported 1,781 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 651,171. 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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