Harbert, Michigan.
Typical home $837,587 (+14.9% in a year). Niles, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,799 (+175%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $108,842 +15%
- $728,745$837,587 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $279,955 +50%
- $557,632$837,587 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.
- Harbert$4,396
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.
Typical home values in Harbert, MI rose 14.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Harbert, Berrien County, Michigan
The Census does not count Harbert on its own, so the figures here are Berrien County's. Half the county's households earn more than $65,425 a year and half less; 15% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 73% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Berrien County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Berrien County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Harbert is a small community in Berrien County, in the southwest corner of Michigan, near the Lake Michigan shore. Winters are colder than in most of the country and bring a heavy snowfall, while summers are warm. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year, so the seasons are clearly marked.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in manufacturing, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Barnstable County, most homes are lived in by their owners. Across Berrien County, unemployment has eased over the past year and the number of jobs has held steady.
Things to do. Warren Dunes State Park is a protected area a short drive away, with sand dunes and shoreline to explore. Indiana Dunes National Park, a national park a longer drive away, offers a wider range of dune and lakeshore walks.
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- 63,999households
- 42.7median age
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What people in Berrien County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berrien County had 60,632 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 64°. About 65 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Laporte weather station, 19 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Berrien County
- Lakeland Hospital St Joseph Loc0184-lakeland Hospital St JosephGeneral medical and surgical hospitals2,219
- American Electric Power977
- Andrews UniversityUniversity or college806
- Berrien Springs Public SchoolsSchool district470FTE
- Purposecare ofHome health agencies466
- Lane AutomotiveMotor vehicle parts and accessories, new, merchant wholesalers444
- Niles Community SchoolsSchool district409FTE
- Lakeland Hospital Niles Loc0182-lakeland Hospital NilesGeneral medical and surgical hospitals385
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 163 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 16,697 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Berrien County, 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 Berrien County and the Niles, MI metro.
Harbert home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Harbert$837,587
- 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.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Harbert5
Zip codes with a Harbert address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Harbert — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.