Dorr, Michigan.
Typical home $382,509 (+5.0% in a year). Holland, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,180 (+142%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $18,220 +5%
- $364,288$382,509 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $95,292 +33%
- $287,217$382,509 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.
- Dorr$2,008
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Dorr, MI rose 5.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Dorr, Allegan County, Michigan
Dorr, in Allegan County, had 3,520 people in the 2020 census. 98% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 2% are rented. Unemployment in Allegan County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 5.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Allegan County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Dorr is a small community in Allegan County, and nearly every home in town is lived in by its owner, a much higher share of owners than is usual anywhere. Very few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and snowy by most American standards, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Across Allegan County, some of the largest workplaces are Perrigo Michigan Allegan PMI, Haworth and Tiara Yachts. The typical commute is a long one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Grand Rapids is the usual destination for a day out, a longer drive away, with Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, a botanical garden, and John Ball Zoo among the places to visit. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum is also a longer drive away. For time on the water, Fisk Lake is a lake that is likewise a longer drive from town.
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- 1,299households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 31 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Allegan County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Allegan County had 43,686 jobs in 2025, 5.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Allegan 5NE weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Allegan County
- Perrigo Michigan Allegan PMIPharmaceutical preparation manufacturing3,500
- HaworthFurniture, office-type, padded, upholstered, or plain wood, manufacturing2,126
- JBS PlainwellAnimal fats produced in slaughtering plants1,385
- LG Energy Solutions MichiganAutomobile storage batteries manufacturing1,379
- Tiara YachtsPleasure boats manufacturing727
- Black River Stamping & Automation (Challenge Manufacturing-Plant 4)Job stampings, automotive, metal, manufacturing707
- YanfengMotor vehicle interior systems manufacturing669
- MillerKnoll, Inc. - Design YardOffice furniture, padded, upholstered, or plain wood, manufacturing556
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 147 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 21,767 people in all across the county; Dorr has one of its own. 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively 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 Dorr’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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 Allegan County and the Holland, MI metro.
Dorr home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Dorr$382,509
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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.
- Dorr14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Dorr12
Zip codes with a Dorr address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Dorr — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.