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The median home value in Kalamazoo, MI is $245,332 as of 2026-07-31, up 3.96% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$245,332
Year-over-Year
+3.96%
Population
24,299
Kalamazoo ranks #91 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 6.5% below the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Kalamazoo County, where the county-wide median is $281,466.
Median household income in Kalamazoo is $52,272, so the typical home value is about 4.7× 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).
Kalamazoo police recorded a violent crime rate of 510 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,860 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 Kalamazoo, that value is $245,332. That's up 3.96% from a year earlier. It is about 6.5% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Kalamazoo are cheaper than Kalamazoo County as a whole, where the median is $281,466 — a difference of about 12.8%.
Median household income here is $52,272, so the typical home value is about 4.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Kalamazoo police reported 510 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,299. 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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