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Housing in Middletown

A typical Middletown home is worth roughly $91,000

The median sale price was $147,000 in May 2026.

Typical home value
$91K
▲ 6.8% in a year · MI $232K
Estimate
Median sale price
$147K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
1
in May · 3 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,040
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$967
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 Middletown?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$175,000
Typical Middletown home $91K

That covers a typical Middletown home, with $84K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$560
Loan $450Tax $80Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $480 more 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, Middletown’s typical property tax (1.07% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 54% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Middletown rose 54% over the past 5 years, about the same as across Michigan. Last year prices rose 6.8%.

Middletown areaMichigan
−50%0%+50%+100%200020052010201520202025
+6.8%
past year
+54%
past 5 years
+99%
past 10 years

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $869, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$760
1 bedroom$790
2 bedrooms$1,040
3 bedrooms$1,390
4 bedrooms$1,530
41%
of households rent · MI 27%
118
renter households
$869
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

59% of Middletown households own their home

Half of Middletown’s homes were built before 1960.

Owners and renters
Own 59%Rent 41%

Michigan: 73% own.

1960
typical home built · MI 1972
$967
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.07%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

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

Next door

Middletown vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Middletown. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Middletown$91K*+6.8%†$1,040—$46,250
Corunna$205K+5.6%$1,1701$46,141

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. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community 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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