Zip lookup · MI

48656
Saint Helen, Michigan.

Saint Helen, Roscommon County, MI · population 3,846

What it costs per month · 48656 $680/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$446 (+191%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,198 +2%
$127,441$129,639 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $44,287 +52%
$85,352$129,639 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 48656 $680 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48656$680
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.

Typical home values in zip 48656 rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $129,639 as of Sep 2026
+1.7%year on year

Typical home value — 48656

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48656 $129,639 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48656$129,639
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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10.4 48651 Prudenville 4,364 — $192,658
10.8 48661 West Branch 10,618 — $216,636
12.1 48653 Roscommon 9,721 — $202,978
16.1 48629 Houghton Lake 7,998 — $198,592
16.3 48627 Higgins Lake 65 — $286,682
17.9 48654 Rose City 2,384 — $174,277
18.6 48636 Luzerne 938 — $123,698

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