Evart, Michigan.
Typical home $193,474 (+6.7% in a year). Big Rapids, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$594 (+141%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,093 +7%
- $181,381$193,474 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $35,650 +23%
- $157,824$193,474 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.
- Evart$1,015
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Evart, MI rose 6.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Evart, Osceola County, Michigan
Evart is a city of 1,742 people in Osceola County. 53% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 47% are rented. Unemployment in Osceola County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 4.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Evart is a small city in Osceola County, set in the middle of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though the share is lower than in many small towns, and typical home values sit well within reach of a modest income. Poverty is far more common here than across the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are colder and snowier than in most of the country, while summers are pleasantly warm and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the larger workplaces in Evart are Ventra Evart, which assembles bumpers for cars, trucks and buses, Evart Public Schools, and IGB, which makes belt conveyor systems. Unemployment across Osceola County has eased over the past year, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before, and most people have a short drive to work.
Things to do. The Hersey River and the Middle Branch River are both a short drive away, with quiet water close to town. A longer drive brings you to White Pine Trail State Park, a protected area for walking and getting outdoors. Lake Cadillac, a lake farther afield, is another longer drive for a day by the water.
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- 712households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 35%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 4%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Osceola County had 7,692 jobs in 2025, 4.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 28° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 57°. About 61 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Big Rapids Wtp weather station, 17 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Evart
- Ventra EvartBumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing601
- Lume CultivationHydroponic crop farming202
- Evart Public SchoolsSchool district130FTE
- IGBBelt conveyor systems manufacturing49
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 852 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- Winter weatherVery high
- Strong windVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Evart’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 Osceola County and the Big Rapids, MI metro.
Evart home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Evart$193,474
- 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Evart listings — the market is heating up.
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.
- Evart25.23%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Evart41
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Evart11
Zip codes with a Evart address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Evart — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.