Zip lookup · MI

48801
Alma, Michigan.

Alma, Gratiot County, MI · Alma, MI metro · population 13,278

What it costs per month · 48801 $865/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$454 (+110%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $8,735 +6%
$156,071$164,806 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $25,235 +18%
$139,571$164,806 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 48801 $865 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48801$865
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 21 years.

Typical home values in zip 48801 rose 5.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $164,806 as of Sep 2026
+5.6%year on year

Typical home value — 48801

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48801 $164,806 Alma $180,220 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48801$164,806
  • Alma$180,220
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.6 48832 Elwell 1,307 — $200,597
7.6 48880 Saint Louis 9,994 — $167,609
8.5 48877 Riverdale 1,962 — $191,223
8.5 48889 Sumner 1,528 — $207,932
8.9 48847 Ithaca 5,663 — $196,048
10.7 48615 Breckenridge 3,061 — $178,892
11.4 48883 Shepherd 7,292 — $224,733
12.0 48891 Vestaburg 2,915 — $210,878
12.7 48856 Middleton 966 — $157,476
13.1 48818 Crystal 2,554 — $214,868
13.5 48662 Wheeler 1,185 — $186,885
15.5 48871 Perrinton 2,103 — $284,210
16.1 48806 Ashley 1,752 — $192,976
16.3 48811 Carson City 7,440 — $208,954
17.3 48637 Merrill 3,024 — $204,383
17.3 48829 Edmore 3,652 — $202,385
17.4 48858 Mount Pleasant 42,226 $1,123 $226,651
19.0 48853 Maple Rapids 721 — $163,526

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