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Housing in Baroda

A typical Baroda home is worth roughly $159,000

The median sale price was $408,000 in May 2026.

Typical home value
$159K
▲ 8.2% in a year · MI $232K
Estimate
Median sale price
$408K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 7 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,260
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,983
MI $2,904

Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

What kind of housing town is Baroda?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 73% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Baroda rose 73% over the past 5 years, faster than across Michigan (52%). Last year prices rose 8.2%.

Baroda areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
+8.2%
past year
+73%
past 5 years
+129%
past 10 years

How Baroda ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Baroda, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

Less than across Michigan (3.2 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$226,000
Typical Baroda home $159K

That covers a typical Baroda home, with $67K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,080
Loan $790Tax $250Insurance $50

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260 a month here, $180 more than owning.

How Baroda ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Baroda’s typical property tax (1.88% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,260

Renters already here pay a median of $994, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$870
1 bedroom$960
2 bedrooms$1,260
3 bedrooms$1,660
4 bedrooms$1,670
13%
of households rent · MI 27%
51
renter households
$994
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Niles, MI MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Baroda in 2025. Over the past 10 years, Baroda has permitted 22 homes in all.

Single-family2+ homes per building
051015 200020052010201520202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
22
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents+2
New homes+13

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Baroda gained 2 residents while 13 new homes were permitted: about 0.2 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Michigan: 1.2 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$54,000
2025110$54,000
2024000—
2023110$425,000
2022330$669,000
2021330$669,000
2020660$1.2 million
2019110$294,000
2018000—
2017660$1.4 million
2016110$235,000
2015110$260,000
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011330$643,000
2010110$150,000
2009000—
2008000—
2007550$723,000
2006550$625,000
2005000—
200415312$990,000
2003404$270,000
2002110$80,000
2001000—
2000440$268,000

How Baroda ranks on new homes being built →

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

87% of Baroda households own their home

Half of Baroda’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 87%Rent 13%

Michigan: 73% own.

1985
typical home built · MI 1972
$2,983
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.88%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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What Baroda buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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