Conklin, Michigan.
Typical home $371,297 (+3.4% in a year). Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$994 (+104%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,254 +3%
- $359,042$371,297 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $55,452 +18%
- $315,845$371,297 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.
- Conklin$1,949
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.
Typical home values in Conklin, MI rose 3.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Conklin, Ottawa County, Michigan
The Census does not count Conklin on its own, so the figures here are Ottawa County's. Half the county's households earn more than $90,502 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Ottawa County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ottawa County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Conklin is a town in Ottawa County, Michigan, and the county's figures are the ones available for it. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are colder and snowier than in much of the country, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow arrive through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, or in professional and business services. Unemployment has eased slightly over the past year, although the number of jobs in the county has dipped a little recently. A typical commute is short, and only a few people work from home.
Things to do. Berlin Raceway, a race track, is a short drive away. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, a botanical garden, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum are both a longer drive away.
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- 111,322households
- 36.5median age
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Ottawa County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ottawa County had 129,408 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 57°. About 48 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Kent City Southwest weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ottawa County
- Grand Valley State UniversityUniversity or college3,287
- MillerKnoll Main SiteCabinets, wood office-type, freestanding, manufacturing2,193
- Holland HospitalGeneral hospital1,698FTE
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing1,471
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing1,357
- THE Hillshire Brands CompanyMeat processed from carcasses1,186
- Hope CollegeUniversity or college960
- ManzanaFarm labor contractors955
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 387 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 55,480 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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 windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Ottawa County, 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 Ottawa County and the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
Conklin home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Conklin$371,297
- 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.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Conklin address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Conklin — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.