Mohawk, Michigan.
Typical home $224,392 (+16.3% in a year). Houghton, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$701 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $31,387 +16%
- $193,005$224,392 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $78,028 +53%
- $146,364$224,392 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.
- Mohawk$1,178
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.
Typical home values in Mohawk, MI rose 16.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mohawk, Keweenaw County, Michigan
Mohawk, in Keweenaw County, had 388 people in the 2020 census. 99% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 1% are rented. Unemployment in Keweenaw County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 4.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Keweenaw County work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mohawk is a very small community in Keweenaw County, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and temperatures staying well below freezing, while summers are mild and pleasant by comparison. Homes here are valued at more than the typical household income in the county might suggest, and the county's incomes are on the modest side.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, restaurants and hotels, and manufacturing. Across Keweenaw County, the National Park Service is the largest workplace. Unemployment across the county is slightly lower than it was a year ago, and the county has gained jobs over the past year.
Things to do. The Calumet Theatre, a historic theatre, is a short drive away, as are the Eagle River and Black Creek Nature Sanctuary, a protected area for walking and quiet time outdoors. A little further off, Mont Ripley is a ski area and Keweenaw National Historical Park is a protected area that tells the story of the region's past.
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What people in Keweenaw County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Keweenaw County had 498 jobs in 2025, 4.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 22° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 75° and lows near 55°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hancock Houghton County Airport weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Keweenaw County
- National Park ServiceFederal government · Department of the Interior45
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
- Winter weatherVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mohawk’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 Keweenaw County and the Houghton, MI metro.
Mohawk home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mohawk$224,392
- 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.
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mohawk14
Zip codes with a Mohawk address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mohawk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.