Zip lookup · MI

48444
Imlay City, Michigan.

Imlay City, Lapeer County, MI · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro · population 9,483

What it costs per month · 48444 $1,487/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$830 (+126%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,726 +5%
$270,517$283,243 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $51,438 +22%
$231,805$283,243 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 48444 $1,487 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48444$1,487
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.

Typical home values in zip 48444 rose 4.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Lapeer County, MI 94% · Saint Clair County, MI 6%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Imlay City, MI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $283,243 as of Sep 2026
+4.7%year on year

Typical home value — 48444

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48444 $283,243 Detroit $264,316 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48444$283,243
  • Detroit$264,316
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.8 48412 Attica 5,815 — $309,580
6.8 48014 Capac 4,294 — $255,733
9.2 48003 Almont 6,339 — $360,809
10.0 48428 Dryden 5,151 — $394,816
10.8 48002 Allenton 3,120 — $353,852
11.2 48416 Brown City 4,996 — $228,153
12.1 48097 Yale 5,418 — $245,553
12.2 48461 North Branch 7,719 — $270,019
12.6 48022 Emmett 2,530 — $331,083
14.3 48446 Lapeer 30,581 $1,463 $268,476
14.7 48455 Metamora 8,532 — $413,400
15.1 48065 Romeo 11,597 $1,411 $427,887
15.2 48454 Melvin 1,175 — $224,708
15.4 48041 Memphis 4,302 — $329,675
15.9 48367 Leonard 4,668 — $503,788
16.2 48005 Armada 5,325 — $379,028
17.3 48370 Oxford 1,777 — $563,759
17.9 48727 Clifford 958 — $213,281
18.1 48006 Avoca 3,889 — $305,682
18.1 48421 Columbiaville 6,935 — $259,726
18.9 48466 Peck 1,514 — $180,758
19.2 48371 Oxford 25,972 $1,191 $413,889
19.3 48453 Marlette 5,046 — $176,406
19.4 48440 Hadley 146 — $250,157
19.7 48095 Washington 5,701 — $534,832
19.7 48062 Richmond 9,385 — $305,942
20.0 48435 Fostoria 2,547 — $218,098

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.