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Housing in Potterville

A typical Potterville home is worth about $228,000

Up 2.9% in a year, 15% below the Michigan typical home.

Typical home value
$228K
▲ 2.9% in a year · MI $266K
Zillow
Median sale price
$271K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
4
in May · 7 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$1,170
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,448
MI $2,904

Only 4 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.

Price trend

Up 10.8% in five years

Slower than Michigan (24.1%).

PottervilleMichigan
$125K$150K$175K$200K$225K$250K$275K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryPottervilleMichigan
2017$165,000$144,000
2018$176,000$155,000
2019$193,000$165,000
2020$206,000$175,000
2021$208,000$194,000
2022$205,000$217,000
2023$213,000$230,000
2024$217,000$241,000
2025$226,000$253,000
2026$225,000$262,000
August 2026$228,000$266,000
Then & now

A typical Potterville home worth $161K in September 2016 is worth about $228K today.

+$67K
+2.9%
past year
+10.8%
past 5 years
+41.3%
since 2016

How Potterville ranks on rising home prices →

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

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$231,000
Typical Potterville home $228K

That covers a typical Potterville home, with $3K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,490
Loan $1,130Tax $300Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $320 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Potterville ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Potterville’s typical property tax (1.58% 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 $1,170

Renters already here pay a median of $1,152.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900
1 bedroom$930
2 bedrooms$1,170
3 bedrooms$1,500
4 bedrooms$1,550
41%
of households rent · MI 27%
468
renter households
44%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · MI 50%
22%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,152
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Lansing-East Lansing, 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 Potterville households own their home

Half of Potterville’s homes were built before 1994.

Owners and renters
Own 59%Rent 41%

Michigan: 73% own.

1994
typical home built · MI 1972
$2,448
median property tax bill · MI $2,904
1.58%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · MI 1.25%

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

Next door

Potterville vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Potterville$228K+2.9%$1,170$64,693
Benton$275K*+6.3%†$1,120$97,222

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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