Milan, Michigan.
Typical home $305,629 (+3.1% in a year). Ann Arbor, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$798 (+99%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,260 +3%
- $296,369$305,629 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $49,755 +19%
- $255,875$305,629 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.
- Milan$1,604
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 20 years.
Typical home values in Milan, MI rose 3.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Milan, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Milan is a city of 6,079 people in Washtenaw County. Half its households earn more than $96,949 a year and half less, against $89,180 across Washtenaw County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Washtenaw County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Milan is a small city in Washtenaw County, with households that earn more than the county's typical household and a good share of residents who own the homes they live in. Winters are cold and summers are warm, with rain and melted snow spread across the year. People here tend to be somewhat younger than in many small towns, and a fair number of adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing and restaurants, hotels and entertainment also employing a good number. Among the larger workplaces in Milan are the federal prison, Kroger and a primary care medical group. Commutes are fairly long, and some people work from home.
Things to do. The Saline River is a short drive away, a river for a walk or a quiet afternoon outdoors. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to the University of Michigan Museum of Art and The Henry Ford, both museums, and to Michigan Stadium, the large stadium known for its football crowds.
Report a mistake
- 2,605households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 29 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washtenaw County had 219,230 jobs in 2025, 0.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 63°. About 36 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Milan Wwtp weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Milan
- Bureau of Prisons/federal Prison SystemFederal government · Department of Justice182
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores94
- Precision DevicesArbors manufacturing21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 115 people in all. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026). Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of MilanRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Milan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washtenaw County and the Ann Arbor, MI metro.
Milan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Milan$305,629
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Milan listings, and the typical home goes pending in 16 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Milan32.59%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Milan42
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Milan16
Zip codes with a Milan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Milan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Milan
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48160 | Milan | 13,972 | — | $308,284 |
| 48190 | Whittaker | 76 | — | $231,362 |