Hersey, Michigan.
Typical home $203,464 (+7.8% in a year). Big Rapids, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$637 (+148%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,698 +8%
- $188,767$203,464 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $33,403 +20%
- $170,062$203,464 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.
- Hersey$1,068
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in Hersey, MI rose 7.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hersey, Osceola County, Michigan
Hersey is a village of 347 people in Osceola County. 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 people in Osceola 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hersey is a village in Osceola County, Michigan, and a very small one, with a population that has lived close together for a long time. Residents are younger than in many small towns, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country. Typical home values are modest, and the Hersey River runs in or beside town. Winters are cold and snowy, with January highs staying below freezing, while July is warm and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Few work from home. Across Osceola County, some of the largest workplaces are The Hydaker-Wheatlake Company, which builds power line infrastructure, and Ventra Evart, which makes vehicle bumpers, along with Yoplait-Lactalis, a yogurt mix maker. Unemployment in the county has eased over the past year, though the county has fewer jobs than it did the year before.
Things to do. The Hersey River is in or beside town. A short drive away are White Pine Trail State Park, a protected area good for walking and cycling, and Townline Lake. Farther afield, a longer drive brings Manistee National Forest, a large protected area of woods and trails.
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- 140households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 6%work from home
What people in Osceola County 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, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Osceola County
- The Hydaker-Wheatlake CompanyTransmission and distribution line construction1,287
- Utility Supply & ConstructionTransmission and distribution line construction1,261
- Ventra EvartBumpers and bumperettes assembled, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing601
- Yoplait-LactalisYogurt mix manufacturing414
- General Mills Yoplait Reed CityBeverages, dietary, dairy and nondairy based410
- Power Line SupplyTransmission and distribution line construction373
- Lume CultivationHydroponic crop farming202
- Reed City Area Public SchoolsSchool district194FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,988 people in all across the county; Hersey has none of its own. 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 windRelatively high
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of HerseyRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of HerseyRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hersey’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.
Hersey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hersey$203,464
- 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.
- Hersey11
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hersey4
Zip codes with a Hersey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hersey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.