Wayland, Michigan.
Typical home $343,697 (+4.4% in a year), asking rent $1,700 . Holland, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,017 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $14,365 +4%
- $329,332$343,697 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $73,877 +27%
- $269,819$343,697 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.
- Wayland$1,804
- Michigan$1,384
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Wayland, MI rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Wayland, Allegan County, Michigan
Wayland is a city of 4,435 people in Allegan County. Half its households earn more than $74,464 a year and half less, against $83,283 across Allegan County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Allegan County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 5.6% more 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Wayland is a small city in Allegan County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is younger than in many towns of its size. Household incomes run below the county's, and a four-year degree is less common among adults than in many places. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month and highs staying near freezing, while summers are warm, peaking in July.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Some of the largest workplaces in Wayland are Wayland Union Schools, Bay Valley Foods Wayland, and Ciena Healthcare Management. Most people drive a moderate distance to work, and few work from home. Unemployment across the county has eased a little over the past year, and the county has added jobs.
Things to do. Gun Lake is a lake a short drive away, and Yankee Springs Recreation Area, a protected area of woods and trails, is also a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, a botanical garden with outdoor sculpture, and to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
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- 1,661households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 22 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Allegan County had 43,686 jobs in 2025, 5.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 58°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Allegan 5NE weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Wayland
- Wayland Union SchoolsSchool district386FTE
- Bay Valley Foods WaylandNondairy creamers, dry, manufacturing121
- Ciena Healthcare ManagementNursing care facilities -skilled nursing facilities101
- Harding & Hill88
- State Police Post - WaylandState police61
- Quantum CompaniesElectrical contractors28
- GodcGeneral warehousing and storage24
- WaylandMail and parcel delivery22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 445 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Wayland’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 Allegan County and the Holland, MI metro.
Wayland home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Wayland$343,697
- 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 Wayland 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.
- Wayland29.70%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Wayland39
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Wayland19
Zip codes with a Wayland address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Wayland — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.