Zip lookup · MI

49689
Wellston, Michigan.

Wellston, Manistee County, MI · Cadillac, MI metro · population 1,731

What it costs per month · 49689 $888/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$505 (+131%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $15,486 +10%
$153,791$169,277 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $25,186 +17%
$144,091$169,277 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 49689 $888 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 49689$888
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.

Typical home values in zip 49689 rose 10.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Manistee County, MI 84% · Wexford County, MI 16%

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

Typical home value $169,277 as of Sep 2026
+10.1%year on year

Typical home value — 49689

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 49689 $169,277 Cadillac $230,045 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 49689$169,277
  • Cadillac$230,045
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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7.2 49644 Irons 1,715 — $199,485
7.3 49619 Brethren 1,009 — $214,383
9.6 49638 Harrietta 913 — $200,228
12.3 49645 Kaleva 1,923 — $220,212
14.7 49660 Manistee 14,578 $1,050 $266,780
15.1 49625 Copemish 1,565 — $228,965
15.4 49656 Luther 1,908 — $169,158
16.7 49668 Mesick 3,301 — $210,559
16.8 49618 Boon 798 — $256,882
17.4 49410 Fountain 1,734 — $177,784
18.2 49411 Free Soil 1,698 — $262,904
18.4 49614 Bear Lake 2,678 — $312,708
18.8 49675 Onekama 901 — $357,333
19.5 49402 Branch 1,411 — $210,254
19.6 49601 Cadillac 22,092 — $236,103

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