Barryton, Michigan.
Typical home $147,173 (+3.0% in a year). Big Rapids, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$383 (+98%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,316 +3%
- $142,857$147,173 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $3,876 +3%
- $143,298$147,173 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.
- Barryton$772
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Barryton, MI rose 3.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Barryton, Mecosta County, Michigan
Barryton is a village of 405 people in Mecosta County. Half its households earn more than $52,875 a year and half less, against $60,951 across Mecosta County. 77% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Mecosta County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Mecosta County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Barryton is a very small village in Mecosta County, where most homes are lived in by their owners and typical home values are modest. Household incomes run below the county's, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and a good deal of snow, while summers are warm and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing many. Across Mecosta County, the largest workplaces include Ferris State University, Corewell Health Big Rapids and Original Footwear Manufacturing. The typical commute is fairly long, and few people work from home. Unemployment in the county is lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Walker Creek, a river, is a short drive away. White Pine Trail State Park, a protected area, and Budd Lake are each a longer drive away, which suits a day out for walking, paddling or fishing.
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- 167households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What people in Mecosta County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Mecosta County had 12,262 jobs in 2025, 3.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 57°. About 61 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Big Rapids Wtp weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mecosta County
- Ferris State UniversityUniversity or college1,491
- Corewell Health Big RapidsGeneral hospital326FTE
- Original Footwear ManufacturingFootwear, women's leather or vinyl upper with rubber or plastics soles, manufacturing320
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters319
- Big Rapids ProductsJob stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing313
- MeijerRetail294
- Primo Brands - Mecosta FactorySpring waters, purifying and bottling288
- Big Rapids Public SchoolsSchool district275FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 26 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,295 people in all across the county; Barryton has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Barryton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Mecosta County and the Big Rapids, MI metro.
Barryton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Barryton$147,173
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 2 Barryton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Barryton41.37%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Barryton21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Barryton6
Zip codes with a Barryton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Barryton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.