What is the median home value in Cato Township, MI?

Name: Home values in Cato Township, MI, 2020–2024
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Cato Township, MI is $174,200 (±$12,371), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

In Cato Township, the median home value went from $93,100 in 2015–2019 to $174,200 in 2020–2024 (+87.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $174,200 (±$12,371)
Owner-occupied homes: 884 (±102)
Most common range: $150,000 to $199,999

Home values in Cato Township

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Cato Township	Montcalm County	Michigan	United States
Less than $50,000	3.1% (±3.0 points)	9.0%	7.6%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	12.4% (±5.3 points)	12.3%	9.2%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	13.1% (±4.3 points)	15.3%	10.6%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	35.5% (±10.8 points)	18.3%	14.1%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	23.0% (±6.7 points)	25.8%	23.4%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	10.2% (±3.9 points)	15.2%	24.1%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	2.7% (±1.8 points)	3.2%	9.2%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±3.3 points)	0.8%	1.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $150,000 to $199,999, 35.5% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Cato Township against Montcalm County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cato Township	Montcalm County	Michigan	United States
Median home value	$174,200 (±$12,371)	$185,500 (±$5,909)	$231,600 (±$642)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	884 (±102)	20,380 (±444)	2,984,190 (±12,886)	84,210,142

In Cato Township, the median home value is not measurably different from Montcalm County ($185,500).

It is also lower than in Michigan ($231,600).

It is lower than the national figure ($332,700).

In Montcalm County, Cato Township ranks 15 of 23 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 945 of 1,518.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How home values in Cato Township have changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median home value	$93,100 (±$8,682)	$174,200 (±$12,371)	+87.1%	Up after inflation
Median owner cost with a mortgage	$971 (±$74)	$1,438 (±$334)	+48.1%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$1,517 (±$153)	$2,253 (±$320)	+48.5%	Up after inflation

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median home value in places near Cato Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cato Township
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Cato Township	—	$174,200 (±$12,371)	—
Pine Township	5.0 mi	$220,400 (±$22,280)	Higher
Winfield Township	5.1 mi	$234,600 (±$22,216)	Higher
Hinton Township	5.8 mi	$156,000 (±$44,589)	Not measurably different
Belvidere Township	6.5 mi	$174,300 (±$31,635)	Not measurably different
Maple Valley Township (Montcalm County)	7.9 mi	$170,600 (±$38,250)	Not measurably different
Douglass Township	8.1 mi	$157,000 (±$33,633)	Not measurably different
Deerfield Township (Mecosta County)	8.5 mi	$161,800 (±$13,434)	Not measurably different
Millbrook Township	8.9 mi	$195,000 (±$48,107)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Pine Township, MI ($220,400), Winfield Township, MI ($234,600).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median home value across Montcalm County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
9	Crystal Township (Montcalm County)	$194,000 (±$21,342)
10	Sidney Township	$188,300 (±$28,087)
11	Greenville	$184,200 (±$15,004)
12	Reynolds Township	$181,200 (±$29,372)
13	Ferris Township	$174,800 (±$39,259)
14	Belvidere Township	$174,300 (±$31,635)
15	Cato Township	$174,200 (±$12,371)
16	Maple Valley Township (Montcalm County)	$170,600 (±$38,250)
17	Day Township	$169,500 (±$16,345)
18	Fairplain Township	$162,000 (±$26,707)
19	Douglass Township	$157,000 (±$33,633)
20	Richland Township (Montcalm County)	$142,100 (±$24,683)
21	Home Township (Montcalm County)	$136,800 (±$19,400)

Showing 13 of 23 places in Montcalm County, ranked from highest to lowest.

The figures for Cato Township include the places inside it that have pages of their own: Lakeview.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Cato Township

What is the average home value in Cato Township, MI?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $174,200 (±$12,371) for owner-occupied homes in Cato Township (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Have home values in Cato Township gone up?

In Cato Township, the median home value went from $93,100 in 2015–2019 to $174,200 in 2020–2024 (+87.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Is this what homes in Cato Township sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Cato township, Montcalm County, Michigan (county subdivision:14000, in state:26 county:117).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.