Holly, Michigan.
Typical home $324,316 (+3.3% in a year), asking rent $1,400 . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$912 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,427 +3%
- $313,889$324,316 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $59,879 +23%
- $264,437$324,316 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.
- Holly$1,702
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 17 years.
Typical home values in Holly, MI rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Holly, Oakland County, Michigan
Holly is a village of 5,997 people in Oakland County. Half its households earn more than $64,305 a year and half less, against $97,760 across Oakland County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Holly is a village in Oakland County, and most homes there are lived in by their owners. Household incomes are well below the county's, and a four-year degree is less common among adults than many would expect in this part of Michigan. Winters are cold and summers pleasantly warm, with rain and melted snow spread through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, and in shops. The largest workplaces in Holly include the Holly Area School District, Richfield Industries and New Center Management Services. Commutes tend to be long, and some people work from home.
Things to do. Seven Lakes State Park, a protected area, is in or beside town, and so is Swartz Creek, a river. Lake Fenton is a short drive away for time on the water. For a longer outing, the Holocaust Memorial Center, a museum, is a longer drive away.
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- 2,597households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 35 mintypical commute
- 13%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 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Linden Wwtp weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Holly
- Holly Area School DistrictSchool district471FTE
- New Center Management ServicesSkilled nursing facilities89
- Richfield IndustriesDiamond dies, metalworking, manufacturing50
- Compass Group32
- National Cemetery AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs29
- HollyMail and parcel delivery26
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 197 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Holly’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 Oakland County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
Holly home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Holly$324,316
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Holly listings, and the typical home goes pending in 11 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.
- Holly36.45%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Holly11
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Holly61
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Holly28
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Holly$305,999
- United States$371,407
Zip codes with a Holly address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Holly — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.