Zip lookup · MI

48856
Middleton, Michigan.

Middleton, Gratiot County, MI · Alma, MI metro · population 966

What it costs per month · 48856 $827/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$414 (+100%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,225 +1%
$155,250$157,476 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $10,071 +7%
$147,405$157,476 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 48856 $827 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48856$827
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 52 years.

Typical home values in zip 48856 rose 1.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $157,476 as of Sep 2026
+1.4%year on year

Typical home value — 48856

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48856 $157,476 Alma $180,220 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48856$157,476
  • Alma$180,220
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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4.3 48871 Perrinton 2,103 — $284,210
6.1 48811 Carson City 7,440 — $208,954
7.0 48889 Sumner 1,528 — $207,932
7.1 48853 Maple Rapids 721 — $163,526
8.7 48845 Hubbardston 1,218 — $203,251
9.4 48847 Ithaca 5,663 — $196,048
9.6 48818 Crystal 2,554 — $214,868
11.7 48835 Fowler 2,635 — $302,830
12.2 48806 Ashley 1,752 — $192,976
12.7 48801 Alma 13,278 — $164,806
13.5 48860 Muir 1,339 — $242,179
14.1 48873 Pewamo 1,250 — $279,603
14.8 48832 Elwell 1,307 — $200,597
14.9 48877 Riverdale 1,962 — $191,223
15.4 48884 Sheridan 5,091 — $224,134
15.6 48879 Saint Johns 18,413 — $294,578
15.6 48834 Fenwick 2,139 — $241,978
16.3 48891 Vestaburg 2,915 — $210,878
17.0 48807 Bannister 658 — $183,319
19.0 48894 Westphalia 2,193 — $351,024
19.5 48831 Elsie 3,088 — $203,087
19.5 48888 Stanton 5,813 — $229,092
19.7 48880 Saint Louis 9,994 — $167,609
19.7 48851 Lyons 2,462 — $251,009
19.9 48829 Edmore 3,652 — $202,385

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