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Median Home Price in Sterling Heights, MI

The median home value in Sterling Heights, MI is $313,695 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.86% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$313,695

Year-over-Year

+1.86%

Population

133,058

Sterling Heights ranks #49 of 149 Michigan cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 19.6% above the state's city median of $262,319. It sits in Macomb County, where the county-wide median is $274,296.

Housing affordability in Sterling Heights

Median household income in Sterling Heights is $79,909, 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 Sterling Heights

Sterling Heights police recorded a violent crime rate of 229 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,042 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 Sterling Heights

What is the average home price in Sterling Heights, 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 Sterling Heights, that value is $313,695. That's up 1.86% from a year earlier. It is about 19.6% above the typical Michigan city tracked here.

Is Sterling Heights expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Sterling Heights are more expensive than Macomb County as a whole, where the median is $274,296 — a difference of about 14.4%.

Is Sterling Heights affordable?

Median household income here is $79,909, 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 Sterling Heights a safe place to live?

Sterling Heights police reported 229 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 133,058. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.