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Housing in Comstock Northwest

A typical Comstock Northwest home is worth about $271,000

Up 1.7% in a year, close to the Michigan typical home.

Typical home value
$271K
▲ 1.7% in a year · MI $266K
Zillow
Median sale price
$313K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in May · 6 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,150
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$3,666
MI $2,904

Only 2 sales 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 Comstock Northwest?

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

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150

Renters already here pay a median of $1,080.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,150
3 bedrooms$1,520
4 bedrooms$1,560
53%
of households rent · MI 27%
1,209
renter households
45%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
19%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,080
median rent paid today · Census

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

Price trend

Up 25.2% in five years

About the same pace as Michigan (24.1%).

Comstock NorthwestMichigan
$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K$275K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryComstock NorthwestMichigan
2017$143,000$144,000
2018$151,000$155,000
2019$164,000$165,000
2020$176,000$175,000
2021$196,000$194,000
2022$223,000$217,000
2023$237,000$230,000
2024$248,000$241,000
2025$262,000$253,000
2026$272,000$262,000
August 2026$271,000$266,000
Then & now

A typical Comstock Northwest home worth $140K in September 2016 is worth about $271K today.

+$131K
+1.7%
past year
+25.2%
past 5 years
+93.1%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

About the same as across Michigan. Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$266,000
Typical Comstock Northwest home $271K

That’s $5K short of a typical Comstock Northwest home.

The typical home, each month
$1,740
Loan $1,340Tax $320Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,150 a month here, $590 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Comstock Northwest’s typical property tax (1.40% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

47% of Comstock Northwest households own their home

Half of Comstock Northwest’s homes were built before 1992.

Owners and renters
Own 47%Rent 53%

Michigan: 73% own.

1992
typical home built · MI 1972
$3,666
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.40%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Comstock Northwest vs. its neighbors

Comstock Northwest is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Comstock Northwest$271K+1.7%$1,150—$73,475
Kalamazoo$179K*+4.1%†$1,1303$52,272
Kalamazoo$243K+4.2%$1,15041$58,349

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. 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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