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The median home value in Grand Rapids, MI is $311,699 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.92% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$311,699
Year-over-Year
+2.92%
Population
195,913
Grand Rapids ranks #53 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.8% above the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Kent County, where the county-wide median is $359,960.
Median household income in Grand Rapids is $69,108, so the typical home value is about 4.5× 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).
Grand Rapids police recorded a violent crime rate of 910 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,481 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 Grand Rapids, that value is $311,699. That's up 2.92% from a year earlier. It is about 18.8% above the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Grand Rapids are cheaper than Kent County as a whole, where the median is $359,960 — a difference of about 13.4%.
Median household income here is $69,108, so the typical home value is about 4.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Grand Rapids police reported 910 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 195,913. 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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