Davison, Michigan.
Typical home $259,462 (+4.2% in a year), asking rent $952 . Flint, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$753 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,566 +4%
- $248,897$259,462 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $50,212 +24%
- $209,250$259,462 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.
- Davison$1,362
- 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 Davison, MI rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Davison, Genesee County, Michigan
Davison is a city of 5,143 people in Genesee County. Half its households earn more than $48,814 a year and half less, against $62,281 across Genesee County; 16% of its people live below the poverty line. 48% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 52% are rented. Unemployment in Genesee County was 5.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Davison is a small city in Genesee County, home to a modest number of people. Residents tend to be older than the typical American, and incomes run below the county's, with fewer homes lived in by their owners than you might expect for a place this size. A four-year degree is held by a smaller share of adults than is common nationally, and homes are priced well above the monthly rents.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels also employing a good number. Fernco, a maker of pipe fittings and rigid plastics, is among the largest workplaces in Davison, along with Hank Graff Chevrolet and the Kroger supermarket. Commutes are fairly long, and few people work from home. Across Genesee County, unemployment has eased a little over the past year.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Flint Institute of Arts is a museum worth an afternoon, and Applewood Estate is a botanical garden for a quieter walk. Crossroads Village, also a short drive off, is another museum. For something further afield, the Flint River is a longer drive away.
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- 2,377households
- 24%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Genesee County had 134,908 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 58°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Burton 4N weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Davison
- FerncoPipe fittings, rigid plastics, manufacturing317
- Hank Graff ChevroletAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used162
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores134
- Pioneer CabinetryWood kitchen cab mfg79
- City of DavisonGeneral services departments, government29
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 721 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 wavesrelatively high in parts of DavisonRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of DavisonRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Davison’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 Genesee County and the Flint, MI metro.
Davison home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Davison$259,462
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Davison listings, and the typical home goes pending in 13 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.
- Davison32.03%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Davison13
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Davison100
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Davison41
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Davison$258,296
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Davison99.87%
Zip codes with a Davison address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Davison — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.