Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Flint, MI (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 48504 1% rule Flint, MI $48,377 $1,012 16.32% 3.9%
2 48503 1% rule Flint, MI $70,494 $948 10.48% 3.2%
3 48506 1% rule Flint, MI $89,178 $1,024 8.96% 4.3%
4 48529 Burton, MI $94,147 $910 7.54% 5.1%
5 48507 Flint, MI $111,488 $1,076 7.53% 4.2%
6 48458 Mount Morris, MI $120,845 $960 6.20% 6.0%
7 48451 Linden, MI $355,260 $2,600 5.71% 5.3%
8 48532 Flint, MI $171,884 $1,052 4.78% 5.2%
9 48437 Genesee, MI $157,570 $873 4.32% 4.0%
10 48509 Burton, MI $187,736 $1,035 4.30% 5.4%
11 48519 Burton, MI $193,370 $954 3.85% 5.9%
12 48473 Swartz Creek, MI $257,122 $1,229 3.73% 5.1%
13 48457 Montrose, MI $215,695 $891 3.22% 5.2%
14 48433 Flushing, MI $246,383 $990 3.13% 5.0%
15 48746 Millington, MI $240,095 $936 3.04% 5.8%
16 48420 Vienna, MI $226,393 $873 3.01% 5.4%
17 48463 Otisville, MI $250,799 $954 2.97% 6.3%
18 48423 Davison, MI $265,242 $958 2.82% 5.3%
19 48439 Grand Blanc, MI $300,364 $1,072 2.78% 5.0%
20 48438 Goodrich, MI $380,866 $1,296 2.65% 5.8%
21 48436 Gaines, MI $300,899 $990 2.57% 5.9%

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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