Zeeland, Michigan.
Typical home $389,319 (+4.3% in a year), asking rent $2,127 . Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,161 (+131%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,030 +4%
- $373,289$389,319 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $97,626 +33%
- $291,694$389,319 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.
- Zeeland$2,043
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Zeeland, MI rose 4.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Zeeland, Ottawa County, Michigan
Zeeland is a city of 5,719 people in Ottawa County. 64% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 36% are rented. Unemployment in Ottawa County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Zeeland is a small city in Ottawa County, and a fairly settled one: most homes are lived in by their owners, and the drive to work is short. Incomes in the county run above the national picture, and typical home values and rents here are on the higher side, so living in town is not an especially cheap choice. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm without being hot, and rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount over the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and restaurants and hotels also employing a good share. Several of the biggest workplaces in Zeeland make things, among them MillerKnoll Main Site, Gentex and Woodward FST, and Corewell Health Zeeland is the main hospital. Unemployment in the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, though the county has fewer jobs than the year before, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. Lake Macatawa and Holland State Park are both a short drive away, which puts water and protected shoreline close at hand. For a longer outing, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, a botanical garden, and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum are each a longer drive away. Grand Haven State Park, also a longer drive, is another protected area on the shore.
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- 2,396households
- 30%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ottawa County had 129,408 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 62°. About 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Holland Tulip City Airport weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Zeeland
- MillerKnoll Main SiteCabinets, wood office-type, freestanding, manufacturing2,193
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing1,471
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing540
- Reckitt/Mead Johnson NutritionNonfat dry milk manufacturing484
- Woodward FSTAircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing376
- Corewell Health ZeelandGeneral hospital302FTE
- ODLGlass products made from purchased glass280
- 6PM Hospitality PartnersHotel management services263
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 36 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,740 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- Strong windVery high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Zeeland’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 Ottawa County and the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
Zeeland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Zeeland$389,319
- 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.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Zeeland listings, and the typical home goes pending in 12 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.
- Zeeland34.38%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Zeeland12
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Zeeland64
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Zeeland33
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Zeeland$378,043
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Zeeland100.00%
Zip codes with a Zeeland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Zeeland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.