Nortown home prices & property taxes
The median arm's-length sale in Nortown was $72,000 across 39 recorded sales, 4% below the citywide neighborhood median of $75,000 — the 85th highest of 154 Detroit neighborhoods with enough sales to measure.
What homes sell for in Nortown
Homes in Nortown sold for a median of $72,000 over the twelve months to 2025-07, across 39 arm's-length recorded deeds. Half of those sales landed between $49,000 and $109,000. Because these are recorded transfers rather than listings, cash and for-sale-by-owner purchases are counted too.
Median sale price
$72,000
39 arm's-length sales · typical range $49,000–$109,000
Recorded sales, 2024-07 to 2025-07
Year over year
-12.7%
vs $82,500 median across 44 sales the prior year
Like-aged windows — both 12 months, both fully recorded
Bought by a company
38%
15 of 39 arm's-length buyers were an LLC, trust or corporation rather than a household
Grantee name on the recorded deed
| Transfer type | Count, 2024-07 to 2025-07 |
|---|---|
| Land Bank / government transfers | 21 |
| All recorded transfers | 117 |
| Of those, arm's-length sales | 39 |
Only about a third of Detroit transfers are arm's-length sales. The rest are Land Bank conveyances, family transfers and life estates — they are real transfers but they are not market prices, so they are excluded from the median above.
What is happening on the ground in Nortown
The City keeps a running record of what owners here are investing in and what they are being cited for. Read together, the four counts below show whether money is going into Nortown or leaving it. Each covers the whole neighbourhood over the reporting window, not a single address.
Homes demolished
102
completed residential demolitions since 2015
City of Detroit, Completed Residential Demolitions
Building permits
99
issued since 2023-07 — the clearest signal of which blocks are actually being invested in
City of Detroit, Building Permits
Rental compliance
27%
51 of 189 registered rentals hold a current Certificate of Compliance. Detroit requires both to rent legally.
City of Detroit, BSEED
Blight tickets
1,517
issued or updated since 2023-07
City of Detroit, Blight Tickets
Demolitions and permits together are the clearest read on a Detroit block: what came down, and what someone is putting money into. Counts are for the whole neighbourhood, not a single address.
Other neighborhoods in council district 3
| Neighborhood | Median sale | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Sherwood | $88,000 | 35 |
| Campau/Banglatown | $80,000 | 27 |
| Franklin | $75,000 | 33 |
| Mount Olivet | $74,000 | 34 |
| Butler | $66,250 | 38 |
| Regent Park | $65,000 | 157 |
| Farwell | $64,750 | 74 |
| Pulaski | $62,500 | 70 |
Detroit is taxed at 64.1844 mills for a primary residence — see Detroit property taxes — and parts of the city sit in a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone that changes that. · Neighborhood profile
Common questions
What is the median home price in Nortown, Detroit?
$72,000 across 39 arm's-length sales recorded in 2024-07 to 2025-07, with a typical range of $49,000 to $109,000. That is 4% below the citywide neighborhood median of $75,000.
How much of Nortown is being bought by investors?
38% of arm's-length buyers — 15 of 39 — recorded the deed to an LLC, trust or corporation rather than a household. That is the grantee name on the deed itself, so it counts cash and wholesale purchases a listing service never sees.
Why are Nortown prices here lower than on listing sites?
Because these come from deeds recorded with the Detroit Assessor rather than the MLS. They include cash, wholesale, FSBO and quitclaim transfers that never reach a listing service — a large share of the Detroit market, which is why an MLS-only median reads high.
What are property taxes in Nortown?
Detroit is taxed at 64.1844 mills for a primary residence, the same rate citywide. Parts of the city sit in a Neighborhood Enterprise Zone that reduces it substantially, and your bill is set on the uncapped taxable value the year after you buy — not the seller's capped figure.
What your taxes become after you buy
When a Michigan home changes hands, its taxable value uncaps the following year and resets to roughly half the sale price. Buyers routinely get blindsided by a bill that's thousands higher than the listing showed. Here's your actual number.
What will your tax bill be after closing?
Your taxable value uncaps the year after closing and resets to roughly half the purchase price — so a $350,000 home is taxed on about $175,000, whatever the seller was paying. Enter the price and the current taxable value below.