A typical Jenison home is worth about $368,000
Up 3.3% in a year, 38% above the Michigan typical home. Homes typically sell in 6 days, a little above asking.
Housing in Jenison, in brief
About half of homes sell above asking
In May, 46% of the homes that sold went for more than the asking price and 96% went under contract within two weeks. There were about 0.5 months of homes for sale at that pace, against 2.6 across Michigan: 6 listings for 13 sales that month. Expect competition on well-priced homes. How fast homes sell ↓
About three in four renters are stretched
74% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent, against 50% across Michigan. That’s despite a standard two-bedroom costing just 21% of the median household income, so renters here earn far less than the typical household. Renting ↓
Nearly every household owns
88% of Jenison households own their home, against 73% across Michigan. There are 750 renter households. The homes ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through August 2026; sales and supply are Redfin’s for May 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Up 30.3% in five years
Faster than Michigan (24.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Jenison | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $185,000 | $144,000 |
| 2018 | $201,000 | $155,000 |
| 2019 | $214,000 | $165,000 |
| 2020 | $227,000 | $175,000 |
| 2021 | $254,000 | $194,000 |
| 2022 | $292,000 | $217,000 |
| 2023 | $315,000 | $230,000 |
| 2024 | $333,000 | $241,000 |
| 2025 | $350,000 | $253,000 |
| 2026 | $363,000 | $262,000 |
| August 2026 | $368,000 | $266,000 |
A typical Jenison home worth $179K in September 2016 is worth about $368K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A strong seller's market
Homes are selling faster than new ones are listed: less than two months of supply. Well-priced homes can draw several offers.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A typical home costs 4.1 years of income
More than across Michigan (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $17K short of a typical Jenison home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,560 a month here, $640 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Jenison’s typical property tax (0.89% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,560
Renters already here pay a median of $2,306.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Holland-Grand Haven, MI HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
88% of Jenison households own their home
Half of Jenison’s homes were built before 1973.
Michigan: 73% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
On the market in Jenison
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Jenison buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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.