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The median home value in Ferndale, MI is $254,401 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$254,401
Year-over-Year
-1.42%
Population
19,041
Ferndale ranks #81 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.0% below 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 Ferndale is $94,640, so the typical home value is about 2.7× 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).
Ferndale police recorded a violent crime rate of 205 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,528 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 Ferndale, that value is $254,401. That's down 1.42% from a year earlier. It is about 3.0% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Ferndale are cheaper than Oakland County as a whole, where the median is $373,377 — a difference of about 31.9%.
Median household income here is $94,640, so the typical home value is about 2.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Ferndale police reported 205 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 19,041. 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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