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August 27, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Canton, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Canton: a median closing price of $405,000 across 899 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Canton, MI Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

If you invest in or around Canton, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Canton sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 899
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $405,000
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $182
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $330,000 and $541,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 899 closed sales in Canton over the last six months, with a median closing price of $405,000. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $330,000 and $541,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 898 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $154 and $217 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Canton, MI (October 2026)

The median home price in Canton is $405,000, measured across the 899 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $330,000 and $541,000.

Where Canton sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Canton
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $330k to $541k
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$183k to $256k: 53 sales$183k$256k to $329k: 123 sales$329k to $402k: 223 sales223sales$329k$402k to $475k: 138 sales$475k to $547k: 96 sales$475k$547k to $620k: 80 sales$620k to $693k: 57 sales$620k$693k to $766k: 41 salesMedian $405k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Canton over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $330,000 and $541,000. Among the 78 Michigan markets with a published band, Canton's middle-half spread ($330,000 to $541,000) ranks 30th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 45th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Canton monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $170 per square foot across 212 sales$170MayJun 2026: $187 per square foot across 244 sales$187JunJul 2026: $181 per square foot across 103 sales$181JulAug 2026: $196 per square foot across 103 sales$196AugSep 2026: $179 per square foot across 64 sales$179Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 10 days, across 540 Canton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 24 days, across 582 Canton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 899 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Canton angle

Canton's numbers from the last six months: 899 tracked closings, a median closed sale price of $405,000, and a middle half running $330,000 to $541,000. Band width is close to typical for the markets we track, but the distribution is uneven; the stretch from the median up to the upper quartile runs well past the stretch down to the lower quartile. Ordinary above-median closings in Canton range across substantially more ground than ordinary below-median ones. When you underwrite an above-median number, the band will rarely contradict you, which is exactly why matched closed sales have to do the contradicting. Below the median, the compressed range makes anomalies easier to spot.

Canton market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Canton ZIP codes: 48188.

From market read to offer price

A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Canton address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Canton, MI
Geography: charter township (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 2616313120
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 899
Median sold price: $405,000
Median sold $/sqft: $182 (898 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Canton over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across Canton Charter Township are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 18% of the 899 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $410,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Canton?

The median sold price in Canton over the last 6 months is $405,000, measured across 899 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Canton last month?

Resideline has tracked 64 closed sales in Canton in September 2026 so far, out of 899 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Canton?

The middle half of Canton sales over the last six months closed between $330,000 and $541,000, with a median of $405,000.

What is the typical price per square foot in Canton?

Among qualifying Canton closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $182, measured across 898 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Should an above-median Canton estimate worry me as a buyer?

What should worry you is an above-median number without closed sales behind it that resemble the property, since the long upper stretch gives weak estimates room to look plausible. Ask to see the comps, and check that they match on the attributes that matter.

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