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Median Home Price in Norton Shores, MI

The median home value in Norton Shores, MI is $295,551, up 3.35% 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

$295,551

Year-over-Year

+3.35%

Population

25,001

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 0.3%, from $296,544 in May 2026 to $295,551 in Sep 2026.

Norton Shores, 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.

Norton Shores, MI monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$296,544+3.9%
Jun 2026$299,044+3.8%
Jul 2026$300,428+3.5%
Aug 2026$298,233+3.4%
Sep 2026$295,551+3.4%

Norton Shores ranks #50 of 131 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 13.9% above the state's city median of $259,462. It sits in Muskegon County, where the county-wide median is $255,234.

Housing affordability in Norton Shores

Median household income in Norton Shores is $76,579, so the typical home value is about 3.9× 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).

Crime in Norton Shores

Norton Shores police recorded a violent crime rate of 192 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,884 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 Norton Shores

What is the average home price in Norton Shores, 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 Norton Shores, that value is $295,551. That's up 3.35% from a year earlier. It is about 13.9% above the typical Michigan city tracked here.

Is Norton Shores expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Norton Shores are more expensive than Muskegon County as a whole, where the median is $255,234 — a difference of about 15.8%.

Is Norton Shores affordable?

Median household income here is $76,579, so the typical home value is about 3.9× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Norton Shores a safe place to live?

Norton Shores police reported 192 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 25,001. 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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