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State data • Updated March 2026

Michigan rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Michigan cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Michigan at a glance

$1,430Median city rent (ZORI)
5.0%Unemployment
1,238Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Michigan cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Birmingham $3,100 +3.8%
Bloomfield Hills $2,756 +5.2%
Brighton $2,551
Ann Arbor $2,399 +0.9%
Gaines $2,030
Howell $1,979 +4.3%
Hudsonville $1,923
Berkley $1,918
Holly $1,900
Royal Oak $1,886 +3.6%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Flint $983 +7.5%
Saginaw $1,006 +4.9%
Battle Creek $1,168 +6.3%
Lansing $1,235 +5.6%
Kalamazoo $1,256 +1.4%
Westland $1,263 +1.3%
Pontiac $1,306 +1.3%
Warren $1,327 +3.0%
Detroit $1,333 +2.2%
Farmington Hills $1,388 +1.0%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Michigan cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in Michigan

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