West Olive, Michigan.
Typical home $502,309 (+5.0% in a year). Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,377 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $24,105 +5%
- $478,204$502,309 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $78,865 +19%
- $423,444$502,309 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.
- West Olive$2,636
- 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 West Olive, MI rose 5.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in West Olive, Ottawa County, Michigan
The Census does not count West Olive on its own, so the figures here are Ottawa County's. Half the county's households earn more than $90,502 a year and half less; 8% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 79% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Ottawa County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Ottawa County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Olive is in Ottawa County on Michigan's western side. Across the county, most homes are lived in by their owners, and household incomes run higher than those of the typical American household. Winters are colder than most of the country, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in manufacturing, with shops and professional and business services also employing people across the county. Commutes are shorter than the typical one across much of the country, and relatively few people work from home. Jobs across the county fell slightly over the past year, while unemployment has stayed low.
Things to do. Grand River, a river a longer drive away, and Lake Macatawa, a lake also a longer drive away, are among the best known natural features nearby. Grand Haven State Park, a protected area a short drive away, is a convenient place to walk and spend time outdoors.
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- 111,322households
- 36.5median age
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 8%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What people in Ottawa County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ottawa County had 129,408 jobs in 2025, 1.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 62°. About 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Grand Haven Wwtp weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Ottawa County
- Grand Valley State UniversityUniversity or college3,287
- MillerKnoll Main SiteCabinets, wood office-type, freestanding, manufacturing2,193
- Holland HospitalGeneral hospital1,698FTE
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing1,471
- GentexAutomotive mirrors, framed, manufacturing1,357
- THE Hillshire Brands CompanyMeat processed from carcasses1,186
- Hope CollegeUniversity or college960
- ManzanaFarm labor contractors955
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 387 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 55,480 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (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
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Ottawa County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Ottawa County and the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI metro.
West Olive home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- West Olive$502,309
- 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 West Olive 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.
- West Olive31.86%
- United States25.56%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- West Olive19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- West Olive5
Zip codes with a West Olive address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Olive — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.