The end result? Fifty-two houses sit on the market across the Midwest this October, with prices ranging from five thousand dollars up to nine hundred thousand. The middle ground for these listings lands at one hundred and two thousand four hundred fifty dollars.
In short, you are looking at a specific slice of inventory where the median asking price is set right there at $102,450.
The market in this slice
Asking prices work out to a median $75 a square foot. The typical home in the group has 1,592 square feet and 3 bedrooms.
The typical listing here has been on the market 180 days. The median build year among them is 1920.
By type that is 25 houses, 13 multi-family buildings, and 9 lots and land.
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 the Midwest at $46,987, so these asking prices run 118% above that figure. Sixty-three point five percent of the occupied homes there are lived in by their owners. The Census counts forty-six point five percent of the Midwest's homes as vacant.
In short, the numbers show a market where most people live in their own places while nearly half remain empty.
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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Sources
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.