Hillman, Michigan.
Typical home $182,912 (+0.6% in a year). Alpena, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$472 (+97%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,006 +1%
- $181,906$182,912 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $16,698 +10%
- $166,214$182,912 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.
- Hillman$960
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 36 years.
Typical home values in Hillman, MI rose 0.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Hillman, Montmorency County, Michigan
Hillman is a village of 605 people in Montmorency County. Half its households earn more than $36,823 a year and half less, against $49,756 across Montmorency County. Unemployment in Montmorency County was 6.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Montmorency 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hillman is a small village in Montmorency County, Michigan, with a population that keeps it close-knit. Household incomes here run below the county's, and homes are valued at a level many would find modest compared with much of the country. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs staying below freezing, while July brings warm days, and the year's rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount.
Work. Residents most often work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, shops and the building trades. Among the larger workplaces in Hillman are Thunder Bay Community Health Service, an outpatient community health clinic, along with Wayne Wire Cloth Products, which makes woven wire cloth, and Widell Industries Michigan, a metalworking firm that makes cutting dies. A small share of people work from home, and relatively few adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. Water is the main draw nearby. Fletcher Pond, a reservoir, and Long Lake are both a short drive away. Clear Lake State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive, as is Hubbard Lake, so those make better day trips than quick outings.
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- 381households
- 13%of adults have a degree
- 6%work from home
What people in Montmorency County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Montmorency County had 2,056 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more 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 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Atlanta weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Montmorency County
- Star Cutter CompanyTools and accessories for machine tools manufacturing125
- Wayne Wire Cloth ProductsCloth, woven wire, made from purchased wire85
- Medilodge of HillmanSkilled nursing facilities63
- Hillman Community SchoolsSchool district61FTE
- SpartanNashSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores37
- Atlanta Community SchoolsSchool district32FTE
- Widell Industries MichiganCutting dies, metalworking, manufacturing22
- State of MichiganState government21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 393 people in all across the county; Hillman has two 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively 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 Hillman’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 Montmorency County and the Alpena, MI metro.
Hillman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Hillman$182,912
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Hillman 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.
- Hillman27.13%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Hillman26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Hillman6
Zip codes with a Hillman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hillman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.