Zip lookup · MI

48708
Bay City, Michigan.

Bay City, Bay County, MI · Bay City, MI metro · population 25,635

What it costs per month · 48708 $2,000/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,116 (+126%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $26,639 +8%
$354,454$381,093 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $101,445 +36%
$279,648$381,093 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 48708 $2,000 United States $1,811
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48708$2,000
  • United States$1,811

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 48708 rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Bay County, MI 90% · Saginaw County, MI 10%

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

Asking rent $859 as of Sep 2026

Asking rent — 48708

Against the Bay City, MI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2026 48708 $859 Bay City $1,018 United States $1,932
$1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2026
  • 48708$859
  • Bay City$1,018
  • United States$1,932

Within 20 miles

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4.8 48732 Essexville 11,340 $973 $207,418
5.0 48747 Munger 1,549 — $221,379
6.1 48706 Bay City 38,974 $938 $192,332
6.9 48604 Saginaw 11,011 $1,670 $142,849
9.7 48607 Saginaw 1,614 $1,022 $38,655
10.5 48757 Reese 3,708 — $221,740
11.0 48601 Saginaw 31,601 $927 $60,273
11.2 48603 Saginaw 27,757 $1,132 $231,896
11.4 48602 Saginaw 27,127 $1,073 $84,229
11.7 48631 Kawkawlin 3,681 — $230,529
12.9 48638 Saginaw 12,875 — $202,733
13.0 48733 Fairgrove 1,648 — $161,125
13.3 48611 Auburn 6,093 — $236,559
14.6 48623 Freeland 15,129 — $301,166
14.6 48722 Bridgeport 3,127 — $178,619
14.9 48734 Frankenmuth 7,746 — $321,686
15.3 48701 Akron 1,399 — $126,782
16.7 48609 Saginaw 11,966 — $218,380
17.1 48634 Linwood 4,334 — $209,765
18.7 48768 Vassar 9,109 — $197,770
19.8 48415 Birch Run 8,918 — $238,983

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