Highland, Michigan.
Typical home $383,013 (+3.3% in a year), asking rent $1,900 . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,073 (+114%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $12,171 +3%
- $370,841$383,013 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $73,526 +24%
- $309,486$383,013 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.
- Highland$2,010
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 16 years.
Typical home values in Highland, MI rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Highland, Oakland County, Michigan
Highland is a township of 19,172 people in Oakland County. Half its households earn more than $96,574 a year and half less, against $97,760 across Oakland County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Oakland County was 4.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Highland is a township in Oakland County where nearly all homes are lived in by their owners, a far higher share of owner-occupiers than in most places. Residents tend to be somewhat older than in much of the country, and household incomes sit just below the county's. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, summers are warm, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. People who live here work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in professional and business services. Within Highland itself, some of the biggest workplaces are Huron Valley Schools, LaFontaine Cadillac, Buick, GMC, and the Western Oakland Transportation Authority. Commutes are on the long side, and a good number of residents work from home.
Things to do. Highland Recreation Area, a protected area in or beside town, is the closest place to walk and spend time outdoors. Kensington Metropark, a park, is a short drive away. For a day out, the Detroit Zoo is a longer drive away.
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- 7,427households
- 33%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oakland County had 720,266 jobs in 2025, 0.5% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 60°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Milford Gm Proving Ground weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Highland
- Huron Valley SchoolsSchool district1,145FTE
- LaFontaine Cadillac, Buick, GMCNew car dealers325
- Western Oakland Transportation AuthorityParatransit transportation services91
- szott m59 dodgeLight utility truck dealers, new only or new and used84
- DT ManufacturingThermoplastic resins and plastics materials manufacturing62
- Charter Township of HighlandAuditor's offices, government48
- Advance Concrete ProductsTanks, concrete, manufacturing29
- Power Link UtilitiesUtility line, construction25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 707 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oakland County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Oakland County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
Highland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Highland$383,013
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Highland listings, and the typical home goes pending in 9 days — 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.
- Highland36.67%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Highland9
- United States21
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Highland62
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Highland21
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Highland$447,216
- United States$371,553
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Highland99.40%
Zip codes with a Highland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Highland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Highland
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48357 | Highland | 8,718 | — | $397,734 |
| 48356 | Highland | 8,365 | — | $370,699 |