Zip lookup · MI

48879
Saint Johns, Michigan.

Saint Johns, Clinton County, MI · Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro · population 18,413

What it costs per month · 48879 $1,546/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$831 (+116%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $15,764 +6%
$278,814$294,578 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $62,324 +27%
$232,254$294,578 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 48879 $1,546 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48879$1,546
  • 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 48879 rose 5.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Clinton County, MI 96% · Gratiot County, MI 4%

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

Typical home value $294,578 as of Sep 2026
+5.7%year on year

Typical home value — 48879

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48879 $294,578 Lansing $246,267 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48879$294,578
  • Lansing$246,267
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.6 48835 Fowler 2,635 — $302,830
8.7 48853 Maple Rapids 721 — $163,526
9.9 48820 Dewitt 18,357 $1,814 $363,851
10.5 48866 Ovid 4,607 — $193,227
11.4 48871 Perrinton 2,103 — $284,210
12.1 48894 Westphalia 2,193 — $351,024
12.3 48831 Elsie 3,088 — $203,087
13.0 48873 Pewamo 1,250 — $279,603
13.1 48806 Ashley 1,752 — $192,976
13.4 48807 Bannister 658 — $183,319
14.0 48848 Laingsburg 8,344 — $303,753
14.1 48808 Bath 6,527 — $327,662
15.0 48822 Eagle 2,379 — $323,797
15.3 48906 Lansing 25,901 $1,293 $166,123
15.5 48845 Hubbardston 1,218 — $203,251
15.6 48856 Middleton 966 — $157,476
16.9 48860 Muir 1,339 — $242,179
18.0 48823 East Lansing 50,034 $1,850 $320,901
18.3 48847 Ithaca 5,663 — $196,048
18.4 48851 Lyons 2,462 — $251,009
18.5 48811 Carson City 7,440 — $208,954
18.5 48915 Lansing 9,428 $1,236 $126,721
18.7 48912 Lansing 17,674 $1,223 $137,194
18.7 48841 Henderson 729 — $186,064
19.2 48933 Lansing 3,107 $993 $169,281
19.6 48840 Haslett 12,386 $1,320 $307,414
19.7 48917 Lansing 32,483 $1,374 $259,856
19.8 48867 Owosso 27,500 — $188,836

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