Zip lookup · MI

49047
Dowagiac, Michigan.

Dowagiac, Cass County, MI · South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro · population 14,858

What it costs per month · 49047 $1,176/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$634 (+117%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $11,730 +6%
$212,256$223,986 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $40,218 +22%
$183,767$223,986 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 49047 $1,176 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 49047$1,176
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 49047 rose 5.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Cass County, MI 90% · Van Buren County, MI 8% · Berrien County, MI 2%

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

Asking rent $1,290 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $223,986 as of Sep 2026
+5.5%year on year

Asking rent — 49047

Against the South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 49047

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 49047 $223,986 South Bend $237,622 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 49047$223,986
  • South Bend$237,622
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.0 49102 Berrien Center 1,472 — $291,622
8.6 49111 Eau Claire 3,159 — $260,903
9.2 49045 Decatur 5,321 — $212,833
10.0 49031 Cassopolis 7,869 — $275,941
12.8 49057 Hartford 6,434 — $179,846
12.8 49126 Sodus 1,623 — $241,218
12.9 49098 Watervliet 6,215 — $239,924
13.2 49120 Niles 36,495 $1,396 $213,434
13.7 49103 Berrien Springs 11,590 $1,495 $302,527
13.9 49095 Vandalia 2,432 — $349,770
14.7 49022 Benton Harbor 29,460 $1,050 $159,714
14.9 49112 Edwardsburg 10,544 — $304,217
15.4 49064 Lawrence 3,635 — $246,861
16.6 49067 Marcellus 3,974 — $249,163
17.1 49065 Lawton 7,092 — $284,982
17.4 49038 Coloma 8,616 — $254,490
17.5 49061 Jones 1,799 — $248,890
17.6 49085 Saint Joseph 23,827 $1,628 $339,202
18.2 46530 Granger 31,598 $2,026 $416,295
18.5 49107 Buchanan 10,323 — $243,073
19.1 49101 Baroda 2,947 — $335,984
19.6 49079 Paw Paw 13,414 — $276,644
19.7 46637 South Bend 16,200 $1,205 $255,304

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