Port Huron-area home prices rise 4.2% in May, with houses for sale in high demand

Mike Stucka and Sean Lahman USA TODAY NETWORK

A typical St. Clair County home listed for $279,900 in May, up 4.2% from a month earlier, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows.

The median list home price in May was up about 3.7% from May 2021. St. Clair County's median home was 1,641 square feet for a listed price of $172 per square foot.

The St. Clair County market was busy, with a median 30 days on market. A month earlier, homes had a median 28 days on market. The market added 248 new home listings in May, compared with the 268 added in May 2021. The market ended the month with some 268 listings of homes for sale.

Information on your local housing market is available through the USA TODAY Network, with more data from Realtor.com.

Sanilac County home prices drop 0.1% to $214,900

Sanilac County's home prices fell 0.1%, to a median $214,900, from a month earlier. The typical house was on the market for 37 days, from 51 days a month earlier. The typical 1,454-square-foot house had a list price of $143 per square foot.

Across metro Detroit, median home prices rose to $274,900, up 10% from a month earlier. The median home had 1,546 square feet, at a list price of $176 per square foot.

Across all of Michigan, median home prices were $277,400, rising 7.1% from a month earlier. The median Michigan home for sale had 1,617 square feet at list price of $167 per square foot.

Across the United States, median home prices were $446,950, up 5.2% from a month earlier. The median American home for sale had 1,861 square feet, listed at $226 per square foot.

The median home list price — the midway point of all the houses or units listed over a period of time — is used more often in this report instead of the average home list price because experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market. In finding the average price, all prices of homes listed are added and then divided by the number of homes sold. This measure can be skewed by one low or high price.

The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from the Realtor.com residential listings database.. The story was written by Mike Stucka and Sean Lahman.