North Branch, Michigan.
Typical home $268,215 (+4.5% in a year). Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$777 (+123%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,517 +4%
- $256,698$268,215 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $47,174 +21%
- $221,042$268,215 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.
- North Branch$1,408
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in North Branch, MI rose 4.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in North Branch, Lapeer County, Michigan
North Branch is a village of 1,096 people in Lapeer County. Half its households earn more than $56,731 a year and half less, against $77,306 across Lapeer County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Lapeer County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. North Branch is a small village in Lapeer County, Michigan, with a population that is small enough for neighbors to know one another. Most homes are lived in by their owners, though incomes in the village run below the county's, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and snow is common through the season, while summers are warm and July is the warmest month.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and shops also employing many. Across Lapeer County, some of the largest workplaces are Conagra Brands, Lapeer Community Schools and McLaren Lapeer Region. The typical commute is a long one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. The Flint River, a short drive away, is the closest place to spend time outdoors. A longer drive brings you to the Flint Institute of Arts, a museum, and to Metamora-Hadley Recreation Area, a protected area with room to walk and explore. Crossroads Village, another museum, is also a longer drive away.
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- 458households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 15%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lapeer County had 22,229 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 59°. About 34 inches of snow and 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lapeer Wwtp weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Lapeer County
- Conagra BrandsFruit and vegetable canning619
- Lapeer Community SchoolsSchool district604FTE
- Mclaren Lapeer RegionGeneral hospital537FTE
- Relyans MaxBolt, nut, screw, rivet, and washer manufacturing450
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters352
- Lapeer County Medical Care FacilityNursing homes338
- State of MichiganCorrectional institutions328
- Vintech IndustriesAwnings, rigid plastics or fiberglass, manufacturing315
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 66 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 7,304 people in all across the county; North Branch has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively 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 North Branch’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 Lapeer County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
North Branch home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- North Branch$268,215
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 North Branch listings — 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.
- North Branch25.42%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- North Branch21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- North Branch10
Zip codes with a North Branch address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls North Branch — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.