Elkton, Michigan.
Typical home $155,460 (+3.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$429 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,827 +3%
- $150,633$155,460 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $23,846 +18%
- $131,614$155,460 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.
- Elkton$816
- 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 Elkton, MI rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Elkton, Huron County, Michigan
Elkton is a village of 796 people in Huron County. Half its households earn more than $48,654 a year and half less, against $58,870 across Huron County; 23% of its people live below the poverty line. 62% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Huron County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Huron County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Elkton is a small village in Michigan's Thumb, and it is a quiet place where people tend to know one another. The population is on the older side, and incomes run below the county's, with more households living in poverty than you might expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and a typical home costs far less than in much of the country. Winters are cold and snowy, with a January that stays well below freezing, while July is warm without being hot, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, and in farming. Across Huron County, some of the largest workplaces are Rathmourne Dairy, Autokiniton Elkton and Michigan Sugar Company. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and almost no one works from home, so most people travel to a job, with a commute that is fairly short. Unemployment across the county has eased a little over the past year, and the number of jobs has edged up.
Things to do. Nature is the main draw around Elkton, and most of it is a longer drive away. Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park is an archaeological site, and Port Crescent State Park and Albert E. Sleeper State Park are protected areas along the shore. The Pinnebog River and the Pigeon River are nearby rivers for anyone who likes to spend time near the water.
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- 366households
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 23%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 0%work from home
What people in Huron County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Huron County had 11,350 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 79° and lows near 57°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Filion 5NNW weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Huron County
- Rathmourne DairyDairy cattle farming403
- Autokiniton ElktonMotor vehicle metal stampings manufacturing397
- Michigan Sugar CompanyGranulated beet sugar manufacturing292
- Scheurer HospitalCritical access hospital286FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters260
- Valley EnterprisesMotor vehicle interior systems manufacturing259
- Huron CastingFoundries, steel242
- Blue Diamond Steel CastingFoundries, iron228
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 35 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,774 people in all across the county; Elkton has one of its own. Hospitals come 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Elkton’s census tracts, 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 Huron County.
Elkton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Elkton$155,460
- 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.
Zip codes with a Elkton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Elkton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.