Grayling, Michigan.
Typical home $183,579 (+2.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$548 (+132%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,841 +3%
- $178,738$183,579 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $34,189 +23%
- $149,390$183,579 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.
- Grayling$964
- 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 Grayling, MI rose 2.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan
Grayling is a city of 1,867 people in Crawford County. Half its households earn more than $32,545 a year and half less, against $60,392 across Crawford County; 32% of its people live below the poverty line. 42% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 58% are rented. Unemployment in Crawford County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Crawford County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Grayling is a small city in northern Michigan and the seat of Crawford County. Fewer people own their homes here than across much of the country, and household incomes sit well below the county's, with a large share of residents living below the poverty line. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and very few work from home. Winters are long and cold, with a great deal of snow, while summers are warm and mild.
Work. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, manufacturing, and professional and business services also employing many. Munson Healthcare Grayling Hospital, Atrium Centers and Springs Window Fashions are among the largest workplaces in the city. Unemployment across Crawford County is a little lower than a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. Hartwick Pines State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, as is Lake Margrethe, a small lake close by. The Edward E. Hartwick Memorial Building, a museum, is also a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Au Sable River and Higgins Lake are both a longer drive away.
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- 755households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 32%below the poverty line
- 4%work from home
What people in Crawford County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Crawford County had 4,065 jobs in 2025, 1.0% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 26° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 55°. About 88 inches of snow and 33 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Grayling weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Grayling
- Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGeneral hospital272FTE
- Fick & SonsLiquefied petroleum gas dealers, direct selling97
- Atrium CentersHomes for the elderly with nursing care59
- Springs Window FashionsSash, door and window, wood and covered wood, manufacturing41
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs23
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 734 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of GraylingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Grayling’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 Crawford County.
Grayling home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Grayling$183,579
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Grayling listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Grayling25.90%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Grayling79
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Grayling20
Zip codes with a Grayling address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Grayling — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.