Zip lookup · MI

48842
Holt, Michigan.

Holt, Ingham County, MI · Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro · population 21,945

What it costs per month · 48842 $1,389/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$758 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $7,041 +3%
$257,512$264,554 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $59,630 +29%
$204,923$264,554 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 48842 $1,389 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48842$1,389
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.

Typical home values in zip 48842 rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 48842 rose 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in zip 48842 runs $382/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $478 in Jan 2025.

That is $2,074 a month against $1,692 rent: a $1,389 mortgage payment, plus $402 property tax and $283 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 48842

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2024 2025 2026 Owning all in $2,074 Renting $1,692 Mortgage only $1,389
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 $2,000 2024 2025 2026
  • Owning all in$2,074
  • Renting$1,692
  • Mortgage only$1,389

Property tax · $402/mo 1.82% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for 2 counties

Insurance & upkeep · $283/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

This zip spans 2 counties: Ingham County, MI 98% · Eaton County, MI 2%

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

Asking rent $1,692 as of Sep 2026
+0.4%year on year
Typical home value $264,554 as of Sep 2026
+2.7%year on year

Asking rent — 48842

Against the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2024 2025 2026 48842 $1,692 Lansing $1,302 United States $1,932
$1,200 $1,400 $1,600 $1,800 2024 2025 2026
  • 48842$1,692
  • Lansing$1,302
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 48842

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48842 $264,554 Lansing $246,267 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48842$264,554
  • Lansing$246,267
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.2 48911 Lansing 39,876 $1,158 $171,433
4.4 48910 Lansing 32,800 $1,188 $142,035
5.6 48821 Dimondale 6,327 — $304,530
5.7 48854 Mason 19,529 $1,611 $277,618
6.6 48933 Lansing 3,107 $993 $169,281
7.3 48912 Lansing 17,674 $1,223 $137,194
7.4 48915 Lansing 9,428 $1,236 $126,721
8.0 48917 Lansing 32,483 $1,374 $259,856
8.1 48864 Okemos 23,901 $1,451 $383,896
9.8 48823 East Lansing 50,034 $1,850 $320,901
10.1 48876 Potterville 4,360 — $228,258
10.6 48827 Eaton Rapids 15,831 — $252,934
10.7 48906 Lansing 25,901 $1,293 $166,123
12.5 48840 Haslett 12,386 $1,320 $307,414
13.4 49264 Onondaga 1,454 — $258,643
13.4 49251 Leslie 5,958 — $237,799
13.7 48895 Williamston 11,116 — $325,662
13.9 48837 Grand Ledge 19,947 $1,356 $299,792
14.0 48808 Bath 6,527 — $327,662
14.3 48819 Dansville 2,550 — $282,835
16.0 48820 Dewitt 18,357 $1,814 $363,851
16.0 48813 Charlotte 20,564 $1,250 $239,975
17.4 49277 Rives Junction 2,924 — $261,481
17.8 48822 Eagle 2,379 — $323,797
18.5 48892 Webberville 4,715 — $282,465
18.9 49284 Springport 2,493 — $206,650
19.3 49272 Pleasant Lake 2,883 — $281,561
19.7 48848 Laingsburg 8,344 — $303,753
19.9 48872 Perry 6,142 — $271,121

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