Zip lookup · MI

48416
Brown City, Michigan.

Brown City, Sanilac County, MI · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro · population 4,996

What it costs per month · 48416 $1,198/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$661 (+123%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,591 +4%
$219,562$228,153 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,261 +14%
$199,892$228,153 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 48416 $1,198 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48416$1,198
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.

Typical home values in zip 48416 rose 3.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Sanilac County, MI 54% · Lapeer County, MI 40% · Saint Clair County, MI 6%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Brown City, MI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $228,153 as of Sep 2026
+3.9%year on year

Typical home value — 48416

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48416 $228,153 Detroit $264,316 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48416$228,153
  • Detroit$264,316
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.5 48454 Melvin 1,175 — $224,708
9.1 48453 Marlette 5,046 — $176,406
9.4 48466 Peck 1,514 — $180,758
10.1 48097 Yale 5,418 — $245,553
11.2 48444 Imlay City 9,483 — $283,243
11.2 48461 North Branch 7,719 — $270,019
11.6 48727 Clifford 958 — $213,281
13.6 48014 Capac 4,294 — $255,733
14.1 48412 Attica 5,815 — $309,580
15.4 48471 Sandusky 5,414 — $170,041
15.4 48760 Silverwood 1,204 — $87,888
15.8 48022 Emmett 2,530 — $331,083
16.3 48741 Kingston 2,107 — $205,406
17.1 48422 Croswell 6,094 — $196,966
17.6 48006 Avoca 3,889 — $305,682
18.8 48401 Applegate 1,323 — $210,084
19.0 48435 Fostoria 2,547 — $218,098
19.5 48002 Allenton 3,120 — $353,852
19.9 48003 Almont 6,339 — $360,809

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.