49636
Empire, Michigan.
Empire, Leelanau County, MI · Traverse City, MI metro · population 643
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,138 (+146%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $34,040 +5%
- $651,681$685,721 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $178,854 +35%
- $506,867$685,721 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.
- 49636$3,599
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.
Typical home values in zip 49636 rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Empire, MI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 49636
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 49636$685,721
- Traverse City$419,457
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 49630 | Empire | 1,390 | — | $621,751 |
| 5.0 | 49664 | Maple City | 2,332 | — | $621,661 |
| 10.7 | 49621 | Cedar | 3,483 | — | $529,175 |
| 10.7 | 49654 | Leland | 691 | — | $1,333,802 |
| 10.7 | 49640 | Honor | 1,252 | — | $418,258 |
| 11.1 | 49650 | Lake Ann | 3,411 | — | $407,336 |
| 14.6 | 49653 | Lake Leelanau | 1,766 | — | $853,569 |
| 14.9 | 49684 | Traverse City | 21,585 | $1,994 | $487,847 |
| 16.1 | 49617 | Beulah | 3,526 | — | $431,214 |
| 17.9 | 49643 | Interlochen | 6,963 | — | $367,181 |
| 18.3 | 49682 | Suttons Bay | 4,699 | — | $643,305 |
| 18.6 | 49685 | Traverse City | 21,308 | $1,740 | $433,706 |
| 19.8 | 49635 | Frankfort | 3,339 | — | $521,830 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.