Comstock Northwest, Michigan.
Typical home $262,739 (+1.0% in a year), asking rent $1,851 . Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$755 (+121%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,679 +1%
- $260,060$262,739 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $51,323 +24%
- $211,416$262,739 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.
- Comstock Northwest$1,379
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Comstock Northwest, MI rose 1.0% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Comstock Northwest, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Comstock Northwest, in Kalamazoo County, had 5,562 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $73,475 a year and half less, against $72,532 across Kalamazoo County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 47% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 53% are rented. Unemployment in Kalamazoo County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Comstock Northwest is a small community in Kalamazoo County where household incomes sit just above the county's, and fewer homes are lived in by their owners than are rented or otherwise occupied. A good number of adults here have a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest. Rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and shops. Some of the biggest workplaces in Comstock Northwest are retail and building-supply businesses, including Walmart, Meijer and Menards. The typical commute is fairly short, and a small group of residents work from home. Across Kalamazoo County, jobs grew slightly last year, and unemployment was a little lower than a year earlier.
Things to do. The Air Zoo, an amusement park, and Gull Lake, a lake, are both a short drive away. The Gilmore Car Museum is also a short drive off, and Fort Custer Recreation Area offers protected open land nearby. Austin Lake is a longer drive for those who want more time on the water.
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- 2,668households
- 38%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kalamazoo County had 122,119 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kalamazoo Battle Ck International Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Comstock Northwest
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters278
- MeijerRetail276
- Menards"home centers"147
- Edward Rose Building EnterpriseApartment building rental or leasing35
- Carter LumberBuilding materials dealer22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 758 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
- HailRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Comstock Northwest’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Kalamazoo County and the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro.
Comstock Northwest home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Comstock Northwest$262,739
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Comstock Northwest15
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Comstock Northwest7
Zip codes with a Comstock Northwest address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Comstock Northwest — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.