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Washtenaw County, Michigan.

Typical home $411,983 (+2.4% in a year), asking rent $1,917 (+1.8%). Ann Arbor, MI metro.

What it costs per month · Washtenaw County, MI $2,162/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,033 (+91%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $9,511 +2%
$402,471$411,983 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $67,032 +19%
$344,950$411,983 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Washtenaw County $2,162 Michigan $1,384 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Washtenaw County$2,162
  • Michigan$1,384
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.

Typical home values in Washtenaw County, MI rose 2.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in Washtenaw County, MI rose 1.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in Washtenaw County, MI runs $1,208/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $1,234 in Oct 2023.

That is $3,125 a month against $1,917 rent: a $2,162 mortgage payment, plus $521 property tax and $441 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — Washtenaw County, MI

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Owning all in $3,125 Renting $1,917 Mortgage only $2,162
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Owning all in$3,125
  • Renting$1,917
  • Mortgage only$2,162

Property tax · $521/mo 1.52% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Washtenaw County, MI

Insurance & upkeep · $441/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

Washtenaw County, MI home values

Against the state and national figures. Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Washtenaw County $411,983 Michigan $263,760 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Washtenaw County$411,983
  • Michigan$263,760
  • United States$366,157

Property taxes

The Census’s survey of what owners say they pay. Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s.

Median bill $5,678/yr ACS 2020–2024 · on a $374,100 median home
Effective rate 1.52% median bill ÷ median value, same survey · ACS 1-year 2024: 1.47% on a one-year window
On the 2026 roll $4,460/yr median bill on current assessment rolls, effective 1.04% — AssessorSearch Data Lab, shown because it agrees with the official levels above
Payment ÷ income 31% of the median household income ($89,180, ACS 2020–2024) — 30% is the standard affordability line
HUD Fair Market Rent $1,656/mo two-bedroom, FY2026 — the official benchmark housing assistance is priced against
Where the bill is headed $6,253/yr an estimate: that same rate on today's $411,983 typical value — reassessment hasn't finished catching up

Got this county's reappraisal notice in hand? Check your property taxes — anonymous, and it helps close the two-year data gap.

The reassessment wedge (index, Dec 2017 = 100)

Home values move monthly; tax bills move when the assessor catches up. The space between the lines is the catch-up still to come — tax data is ACS, roughly two years behind, and that lag is the point. Where a roll segment appears, named by its release year, it bridges to the median bill on current assessment rolls (AssessorSearch Data Lab, a different instrument, shown only where it agrees with ACS levels).

100 125 150 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Home value 149 Median tax bill 139 2026 roll 109
100 125 150 2018 2022 2026
  • Home value149
  • Median tax bill139
  • 2026 roll109

Zip codes in Washtenaw County, MI

By share of each zip's area inside this county — a zip straddling a boundary appears here and in its neighbour, which is the truth of it.

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48104 Ann Arbor 100% $2,048 +0.8% $562,676 +3.1%
48105 Ann Arbor 100% $2,339 +0.1% $544,970 +2.3%
48103 Ann Arbor 100% $2,050 +3.5% $516,940 +3.3%
48130 Dexter 100% $2,400 — $508,425 +3.6%
48108 Ann Arbor 100% $1,584 +2.3% $434,139 +1.5%
48118 Chelsea 100% — — $413,795 +3.5%
48197 Ypsilanti 100% $1,227 +2.0% $342,282 +1.0%
48190 Milan 100% — — $231,362 -21.9%
48198 Ypsilanti 100% $1,640 +6.4% $222,613 -3.2%
48176 Saline 100% $2,027 — $464,849 +2.5%
48158 Manchester 99% — — $373,536 +3.9%
48191 Willis 88% — — $302,010 -3.4%
48189 Whitmore Lake 68% $1,723 — $359,840 +1.7%
48160 Milan 48% — — $308,284 +3.3%
49236 Clinton 45% — — $276,997 +4.8%
48170 Plymouth 45% $1,550 +4.0% $475,084 +3.6%
48168 Northville 45% $2,648 — $652,361 +4.0%
48178 South Lyon 33% $1,652 — $472,962 +2.8%
48137 Gregory 28% — — $362,123 +4.9%
48167 Northville 24% $1,671 +4.6% $491,966 +4.5%
49240 Grass Lake 15% — — $343,684 +3.9%
48169 Pinckney 7% — — $406,108 +3.6%
49287 Adrian 6% — — $310,034 +5.8%
49285 Stockbridge 3% — — $293,678 +3.9%
48111 Belleville 2% $1,439 +9.6% $307,227 +4.4%
49229 Britton 1% — — $285,917 +5.7%