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Median Home Price in Harper Woods, MI

The median home value in Harper Woods, MI is $150,088, down 1.19% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$150,088

Year-over-Year

-1.19%

Population

14,717

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 3.8%, from $156,003 in May 2026 to $150,088 in Sep 2026.

Harper Woods, MI typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

Harper Woods, MI monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$156,003+2.2%
Jun 2026$159,856+1.9%
Jul 2026$157,299+1.1%
Aug 2026$154,745+0.1%
Sep 2026$150,088-1.2%

Harper Woods ranks #124 of 131 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 42.2% below the state's city median of $259,462. It sits in Wayne County, where the county-wide median is $175,631.

Housing affordability in Harper Woods

Median household income in Harper Woods is $65,022, so the typical home value is about 2.3× 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).

Crime in Harper Woods

Harper Woods police recorded a violent crime rate of 775 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,267 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Harper Woods

What is the average home price in Harper Woods, MI?

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 Harper Woods, that value is $150,088. That's down 1.19% from a year earlier. It is about 42.2% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.

Is Harper Woods expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Harper Woods are cheaper than Wayne County as a whole, where the median is $175,631 — a difference of about 14.5%.

Is Harper Woods affordable?

Median household income here is $65,022, so the typical home value is about 2.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Harper Woods a safe place to live?

Harper Woods police reported 775 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 14,717. 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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