Zip lookup · MI

48609
Saginaw, Michigan.

Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI · Saginaw, MI metro · population 11,966

What it costs per month · 48609 $1,146/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$646 (+129%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,978 +3%
$211,403$218,380 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $52,791 +32%
$165,590$218,380 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 48609 $1,146 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48609$1,146
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 48609 rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $218,380 as of Sep 2026
+3.3%year on year

Typical home value — 48609

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48609 $218,380 Saginaw $175,095 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48609$218,380
  • Saginaw$175,095
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.0 48638 Saginaw 12,875 — $202,733
5.9 48603 Saginaw 27,757 $1,132 $231,896
6.1 48602 Saginaw 27,127 $1,073 $84,229
7.4 48626 Hemlock 5,766 — $252,099
7.5 48655 Saint Charles 5,760 — $204,887
8.3 48607 Saginaw 1,614 $1,022 $38,655
9.4 48623 Freeland 15,129 — $301,166
9.7 48601 Saginaw 31,601 $927 $60,273
10.0 48604 Saginaw 11,011 $1,670 $142,849
11.6 48417 Burt 2,222 — $208,750
12.6 48637 Merrill 3,024 — $204,383
12.8 48722 Bridgeport 3,127 — $178,619
13.5 48616 Chesaning 7,577 — $216,790
14.3 48614 Brant 943 — $216,121
16.0 48706 Bay City 38,974 $938 $192,332
16.2 48662 Wheeler 1,185 — $186,885
16.5 48415 Birch Run 8,918 — $238,983
16.7 48708 Bay City 25,635 $859 $137,802
16.8 48457 Montrose 8,770 — $209,988
16.9 48611 Auburn 6,093 — $236,559
17.2 48649 Oakley 1,699 — $193,520
17.5 48734 Frankenmuth 7,746 — $321,686
18.4 48640 Midland 32,492 $1,355 $247,709
18.7 48460 New Lothrop 2,701 — $247,395
18.8 48747 Munger 1,549 — $221,379
19.5 48615 Breckenridge 3,061 — $178,892

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