Washington, Michigan.
Typical home $478,438 (+2.3% in a year), asking rent $2,069 . Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,309 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $10,603 +2%
- $467,835$478,438 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $83,315 +21%
- $395,122$478,438 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.
- Washington$2,511
- 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 Washington, MI rose 2.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Washington, Macomb County, Michigan
Washington is a township of 28,165 people in Macomb County. Half its households earn more than $97,723 a year and half less, against $77,837 across Macomb County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 81% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 19% are rented. Unemployment in Macomb County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Washington is a township in Macomb County, and most homes here are lived in by their owners, more than across much of the country. Household incomes run well above the county's, and fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect. Residents are somewhat older than the typical American, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm, and precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Washington are Meijer, Kroger Michigan KMA and Heidebreicht, a car dealer. Jobs across Macomb County have slipped a little over the past year, and unemployment in the county has risen compared with a year earlier. Many people have a fairly long drive to work, and a modest number work from home.
Things to do. Stony Creek Metropark is a park a short drive away, a place for walking, cycling and time outdoors. Farther afield, Lake Saint Clair is a lake a longer drive away, and the Detroit Institute of Arts is a museum, also a longer drive away. Both make a fuller day out than an evening trip.
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- 11,139households
- 34%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Macomb County had 331,515 jobs in 2025, 1.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 17°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°. About 36 inches of snow and 34 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pontiac Wwtp weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington
- MeijerRetail238
- HeidebreichtAutomobile dealers, new only or new and used100
- Kroger Michigan KMASupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores100
- D.E.K. DeliveryExpress delivery services96
- Pro-line Asphalt PavingOverpass construction70
- KBR INC. Westview OrchardsApple orchards40
- WashingtonMail and parcel delivery35
- Angelica's Place of RomeoHomes for the aged without nursing care22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 722 people in all. 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
- TornadoesVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- Strong windVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Macomb County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Macomb County and the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro.
Washington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Washington$478,438
- Michigan$263,760
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Washington listings, and the typical home goes pending in 20 days — the market is cooling.
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.
- Washington32.82%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Washington20
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Washington98
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Washington33
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Washington$459,962
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Washington99.40%
Zip codes with a Washington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Washington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Washington
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48094 | Washington | 20,736 | $2,070 | $465,429 |
| 48095 | Washington | 5,701 | — | $534,832 |