Brownstown, Michigan.
Typical home $300,883 (+3.6% in a year), asking rent $1,843 . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$798 (+102%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,564 +4%
- $290,319$300,883 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,669 +20%
- $250,214$300,883 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.
- Brownstown$1,579
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Brownstown, MI rose 3.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Brownstown, Wayne County, Michigan
Brownstown is a township of 33,194 people in Wayne County. Half its households earn more than $95,402 a year and half less, against $60,539 across Wayne County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Wayne County was 6.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Brownstown is a township in Wayne County, Michigan, where most households own the home they live in and incomes run well above the county's. Residents are somewhat older than the typical American, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers turn warm, with July the hottest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Some of the biggest workplaces in Brownstown are Ford Motor Company, Hollingsworth Logistics and Henry Ford Health. The typical commute is a fairly ordinary one, and some residents work from home. Unemployment across Wayne County is higher than it was a year ago, and the county has lost a few jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Detroit River and the Huron River are both a short drive away, and both suit a walk or an afternoon by the water. A longer drive brings you to the Detroit Institute of Arts, a museum, and to The Henry Ford, another museum. Baseball fans can head for Comerica Park, a stadium that is also a longer drive away.
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- 12,338households
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Wayne County had 721,389 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 45 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Detroit Metro Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Brownstown
- Ford Motor CompanyMotor vehicle supplies and new parts484
- Hollingsworth LogisticsGeneral warehousing and storage249
- Reino Linen Services - BrownstownIndustrial launderers201
- Henry Ford HealthCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient190
- Charter Township of BrownstownCity and town managers' offices150
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores144
- Magna Exteriors Brownstown (2)Bumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing143
- CMAC Transportation LLC - CorporateContainer trucking services, local135
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 31 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,017 people in all. 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- LightningVery high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Wayne County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Wayne County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
Brownstown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Brownstown$300,883
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Brownstown listings, and the typical home goes pending in 9 days — 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.
- Brownstown21.01%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Brownstown9
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Brownstown74
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Brownstown42
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Brownstown$298,261
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Brownstown101.34%
Zip codes with a Brownstown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Brownstown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.