Home appreciation in Muskegon, MI

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Muskegon, MI grew an average of 11.7% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+6.7%

2025 over 2024. Michigan: +5.7%.

5-year, per year

+11.7%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. Michigan: +9.1%.

10-year, per year

+9.5%

+148.5% in total since 2015. Michigan: +7.4%.

How does your home compare?

Muskegon, MI home prices rose 148.5% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +117.1% to +163.2%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Muskegon, MI compares with Michigan

Michigan averaged +9.1% a year, so Muskegon, MI grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Muskegon, MI ranks 15th out of 409 metros nationwide and 2nd out of 16 in Michigan.

Index, 2005 = 100

Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI and Michigan, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearMuskegon-Norton Shores, MIMichigan
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2101101
2005 Q3102101
2005 Q4101101
2006 Q1101101
2006 Q210099
2006 Q39998
2006 Q410099
2007 Q110198
2007 Q29896
2007 Q39793
2007 Q49893
2008 Q19792
2008 Q29489
2008 Q39285
2008 Q49084
2009 Q19386
2009 Q29083
2009 Q38679
2009 Q48778
2010 Q18376
2010 Q28275
2010 Q38376
2010 Q48376
2011 Q17973
2011 Q27772
2011 Q37773
2011 Q48174
2012 Q17872
2012 Q27772
2012 Q37973
2012 Q48174
2013 Q17975
2013 Q28177
2013 Q38278
2013 Q48179
2014 Q18180
2014 Q28382
2014 Q38784
2014 Q48885
2015 Q18885
2015 Q29087
2015 Q39288
2015 Q49289
2016 Q19289
2016 Q29691
2016 Q39893
2016 Q49894
2017 Q110195
2017 Q210497
2017 Q310799
2017 Q4106100
2018 Q1110101
2018 Q2113104
2018 Q3114105
2018 Q4115106
2019 Q1118107
2019 Q2121109
2019 Q3123110
2019 Q4124111
2020 Q1125112
2020 Q2127113
2020 Q3131116
2020 Q4135118
2021 Q1138121
2021 Q2145128
2021 Q3158134
2021 Q4161137
2022 Q1167141
2022 Q2176150
2022 Q3180151
2022 Q4183149
2023 Q1182150
2023 Q2198158
2023 Q3196160
2023 Q4198161
2024 Q1207163
2024 Q2209169
2024 Q3211171
2024 Q4217171
2025 Q1218174
2025 Q2226178
2025 Q3227180
2025 Q4228181
2026 Q1229182
2026 Q2232186

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +9.5% a year over ten years, +148.5% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2005, fell 22.2% to its 2011 low, and regained the 2005 level in 2017.

The strongest year was 2022 at +17.1%, and the weakest was 2010 at -6.7%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +6.7%, against +5.7% for the state.

ZIP codes in Muskegon, MI

Over the ten years to 2025, the 10 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +117.1% in 49415 to +163.2% in 49442, while the metro as a whole rose 148.5%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 49442+163.2%
  2. 49441+150.5%
  3. 49451+144.8%
  4. 49457+144.0%
  5. 49445+137.0%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 49415+117.1%
  2. 49425+124.9%
  3. 49461+130.5%
  4. 49444+133.9%
  5. 49437+134.7%
ZIP codes in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
49442+4.6%+11.7%+10.2%+163.2%
49441+6.6%+11.4%+9.6%+150.5%
49451+2.0%+11.0%+9.4%+144.8%
49457+7.4%+11.4%+9.3%+144.0%
49445+7.2%+11.0%+9.0%+137.0%
49437+5.0%+12.4%+8.9%+134.7%
49444+9.8%+11.2%+8.9%+133.9%
49461+10.6%+10.7%+8.7%+130.5%
49425-4.2%+9.6%+8.4%+124.9%
49415+5.5%+10.3%+8.1%+117.1%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

Read the full example report

Year by year

Annual house price index for Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI and Michigan, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
200698.8-1.2%98.5
200797.5-1.3%94.3
200892.5-5.2%86.9
200988.0-4.8%80.6
201082.1-6.7%75.1
201177.8-5.3%72.2
201277.9+0.1%72.3
201379.8+2.5%76.7
201483.8+5.0%81.9
201589.7+7.0%86.5
201695.1+6.0%91.2
2017103.5+8.9%97.2
2018111.8+8.0%103.2
2019120.5+7.8%108.6
2020128.4+6.6%114.2
2021149.3+16.2%129.0
2022174.8+17.1%146.6
2023192.0+9.8%155.9
2024209.0+8.9%167.2
2025222.9+6.7%176.7

The 16 measured metros in Michigan

Measured metros in Michigan ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Traverse City, MI+7.4%+12.0%+9.1%
2Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI+6.7%+11.7%+9.5%
3Bay City, MI+5.1%+10.2%+6.9%
4Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI+5.1%+10.2%+8.8%
5Midland, MI+6.5%+9.8%+6.6%
6Battle Creek, MI+5.6%+9.6%+7.3%
7Niles, MI+4.9%+9.4%+7.1%
8Saginaw, MI+5.1%+9.4%+7.0%
9Kalamazoo-Portage, MI+5.0%+9.0%+7.1%
10Jackson, MI+6.5%+8.9%+7.3%
11Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI (metropolitan division)+6.4%+8.7%+7.3%
12Flint, MI+6.6%+8.7%+7.4%
13Lansing-East Lansing, MI+5.6%+8.6%+7.0%
14Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI (metropolitan division)+5.1%+8.1%+6.8%
15Monroe, MI+6.5%+8.0%+6.4%
16Ann Arbor, MI+4.4%+7.8%+6.6%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the Michigan row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2