Zip lookup · MI

48832
Elwell, Michigan.

Elwell, Gratiot County, MI · Alma, MI metro · population 1,307

What it costs per month · 48832 $1,053/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$580 (+123%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $17,920 +10%
$182,677$200,597 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,705 +25%
$159,892$200,597 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 48832 $1,053 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48832$1,053
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 48832 rose 9.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $200,597 as of Sep 2026
+9.8%year on year

Typical home value — 48832

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48832 $200,597 Alma $180,220 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48832$200,597
  • Alma$180,220
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.4 48877 Riverdale 1,962 — $191,223
5.6 48801 Alma 13,278 — $164,806
7.0 48891 Vestaburg 2,915 — $210,878
8.4 48889 Sumner 1,528 — $207,932
10.6 48883 Shepherd 7,292 — $224,733
10.8 48880 Saint Louis 9,994 — $167,609
11.1 48818 Crystal 2,554 — $214,868
12.2 48829 Edmore 3,652 — $202,385
14.0 48847 Ithaca 5,663 — $196,048
14.0 48858 Mount Pleasant 42,226 $1,123 $226,651
14.8 48856 Middleton 966 — $157,476
15.3 48615 Breckenridge 3,061 — $178,892
15.6 49310 Blanchard 3,183 — $226,336
16.4 48811 Carson City 7,440 — $208,954
17.5 48888 Stanton 5,813 — $229,092
18.5 48871 Perrinton 2,103 — $284,210
18.5 48662 Wheeler 1,185 — $186,885
19.2 48886 Six Lakes 1,565 — $194,985
19.4 48884 Sheridan 5,091 — $224,134

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