Zip lookup · MI

49444
Norton Shores, Michigan.

Norton Shores, Muskegon County, MI · Muskegon, MI metro · population 26,372

What it costs per month · 49444 $1,006/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$598 (+147%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,323 +3%
$185,266$191,589 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $44,793 +31%
$146,796$191,589 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 49444 $1,006 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 49444$1,006
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 49444 rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,345 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $191,589 as of Sep 2026
+3.4%year on year

Asking rent — 49444

Against the Muskegon, MI metro and the national benchmark.

$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 49444 $1,345 Muskegon $1,288 United States $1,932
$1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 49444$1,345
  • Muskegon$1,288
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 49444

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 49444 $191,589 Muskegon $255,238 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 49444$191,589
  • Muskegon$255,238
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.8 49441 Muskegon 36,779 $1,400 $258,047
4.5 49415 Fruitport 6,330 — $338,535
5.1 49440 Muskegon 1,492 — $348,530
5.5 49442 Muskegon 44,766 $1,132 $184,442
6.0 49456 Spring Lake 19,931 $1,983 $419,603
8.6 49448 Nunica 4,374 — $383,396
9.1 49445 Muskegon 21,289 — $298,301
11.5 49417 Grand Haven 33,878 $1,690 $399,067
11.8 49451 Ravenna 6,298 — $302,723
12.4 49457 Twin Lake 11,086 — $281,529
14.6 49404 Coopersville 9,117 — $354,480
15.5 49461 Whitehall 9,707 — $335,978
17.0 49460 West Olive 8,894 — $504,522
17.8 49403 Conklin 2,467 — $374,420
18.5 49401 Allendale 29,674 $1,484 $416,000
18.5 49303 Bailey 772 — $293,228
18.8 49425 Holton 3,520 — $258,715
18.9 49318 Casnovia 1,604 — $314,183

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