Fastest-Appreciating ZIP Codes in Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI (2026)

Ranked by 5-year compound annual growth in home values. Fast growth and strong cash flow rarely appear in the same ZIP — this is the other side of that trade.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 49306 Belmont, MI $502,363 $1,566 2.43% 7.1%
2 49301 Ada, MI $668,968 $2,473 2.88% 6.9%
3 48809 Belding, MI $277,817 $1,170 3.28% 6.7%
4 49329 Howard City, MI $285,000 $1,143 3.13% 6.7%
5 49331 Lowell, MI $413,012 $1,296 2.45% 6.7%
6 49506 East Grand Rapids, MI $441,805 $1,753 3.09% 6.5%
7 49325 Freeport, MI $320,769 $1,170 2.85% 6.5%
8 49321 Alpine, MI $356,410 $1,193 2.61% 6.5%
9 49464 Zeeland, MI $394,217 $2,242 4.44% 6.5%
10 49341 Rockford, MI $463,575 $1,950 3.28% 6.4%
11 49345 Sparta, MI $344,704 $1,170 2.65% 6.4%
12 48881 Saranac, MI $306,106 $954 2.43% 6.4%
13 48860 Muir, MI $245,774 $954 3.03% 6.3%
14 49428 Jenison, MI $371,495 $1,748 3.67% 6.3%
15 49509 Wyoming, MI $266,348 $1,442 4.22% 6.3%
16 49322 Coral, MI $249,565 $1,458 4.56% 6.2%
17 49401 Allendale, MI $411,919 $1,415 2.68% 6.2%
18 49544 Walker, MI $350,519 $1,412 3.14% 6.2%
19 49546 Kentwood, MI $517,306 $1,869 2.82% 6.2%
20 48849 Lake Odessa, MI $268,897 $1,035 3.00% 6.2%
21 49319 Cedar Springs, MI $351,647 $1,251 2.77% 6.2%
22 49330 Kent City, MI $339,574 $1,368 3.14% 6.1%
23 49343 Sand Lake, MI $319,263 $1,170 2.86% 6.1%
24 48846 Ionia, MI $233,499 $819 2.74% 6.0%
25 48865 Orleans, MI $260,523 $1,008 3.02% 6.0%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →

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