Here is what the numbers say. 21 homes are for sale in Garden Homes in October 2026.
Their median asking price is $89,900, from $45,000 to $685,000.
The market in this slice
Asking prices work out to a median $89 a square foot. The typical home in the group has 1,086 square feet and 3 bedrooms.
The typical listing here has been on the market 196 days. The median build year among them is 1944.
By type that is 15 houses and 1 multi-family buildings.
Beside the rest of the market
Across Detroit the median asking price is $109,000.
Against what homes are worth
The Census puts the median value of an owner's home in Garden Homes at $89,400, so these asking prices run about the same as that figure. Sixty-seven point six percent of the occupied homes there are lived in by their owners. The Census counts nine point eight percent of Garden Homes's homes as vacant.
The end result is that numbers tell a story of stability and quiet vacancy right here in Metro Detroit.
How we count
Every active listing in the Rebuild Detroit homes index counts, MLS and off-market homes alike, read on October 26, 2026. A slice is written only where at least five homes are for sale in it.
Final word
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Editor In Chief, Detroit Ledger
Victoria Jackson is a lifelong student and sharp-eyed documentarian of all things Detroit, from its rich musical roots and cultural icons to its shifting neighborhoods, storied architecture, and underground legends.