Hesperia, Michigan.
Typical home $206,587 (+6.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$601 (+124%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $13,358 +7%
- $193,229$206,587 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $35,527 +21%
- $171,060$206,587 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.
- Hesperia$1,084
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Hesperia, MI rose 6.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hesperia, Oceana County, Michigan
Hesperia is a village of 1,034 people in Oceana County. Half its households earn more than $37,174 a year and half less, against $62,417 across Oceana County; 22% of its people live below the poverty line. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Oceana County was 5.4% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hesperia is a small village in Oceana County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home value is about what you would expect for a rural western Michigan community. Incomes run well below the county's, and more households live below the poverty line than is usual. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and commutes tend to be long, so many residents drive some distance to work.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, and in shops. Across Oceana County, some of the largest workplaces are Peterson Farms and Michigan Freeze Pack, both tied to frozen fruit and vegetable processing, along with the Hart Public School District. Very few people work from home, and unemployment across the county has eased slightly over the past year.
Things to do. Rollway Lake is a lake a short drive away. Farther afield, Silver Lake State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, as is Manistee National Forest, and the White River is another water destination a longer drive away. Winters here are cold and very snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
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- 390households
- 8%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 2%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oceana County had 6,510 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 56°. About 75 inches of snow and 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hesperia Wnw weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oceana County
- Peterson FarmsFrozen fruit and vegetable processing452
- Michigan Freeze PackVegetables, frozen, manufacturing417
- OPC Arbre FarmsFrozen fruit and vegetable processing410
- Hart Public School DistrictSchool district270FTE
- Gray & CompanyCanning fruits and vegetables248
- Oceana County Medical Care FacilityNursing homes240
- Peterson Farms FreshFruits, fresh, merchant wholesalers239
- Shelby Public SchoolsSchool district196FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 24 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,416 people in all across the county; Hesperia 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 windVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hesperia’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 Oceana County.
Hesperia home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hesperia$206,587
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Hesperia listings — the market is roughly in balance.
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.
- Hesperia32.46%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hesperia29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hesperia8
Zip codes with a Hesperia address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hesperia — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.