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The median home value in Pontiac, MI is $140,484 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.89% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$140,484
Year-over-Year
+1.89%
Population
61,644
Pontiac ranks #143 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 46.4% 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 Pontiac is $44,329, so the typical home value is about 3.2× 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).
Pontiac police recorded a violent crime rate of 985 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,642 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 Pontiac, that value is $140,484. That's up 1.89% from a year earlier. It is about 46.4% below the typical Michigan city tracked here.
Homes in Pontiac are cheaper than Oakland County as a whole, where the median is $373,377 — a difference of about 62.4%.
Median household income here is $44,329, so the typical home value is about 3.2× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Pontiac police reported 985 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 61,644. 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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