Community Profile
Barry County,
Municipality by Municipality
What sold, what is being built, and what the public record says about every city and township in Barry County. Compiled from government sources and updated as they publish.
What Actually Sold
Barry County closed 43 homes in October at an average of $426,419, averaging 30 days on market, with 114 listings active. Sold, price and days on market are October closings; active is the current count.
| Market | Homes Sold | Active Now | Avg Sold Price | Avg Days on Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | 18 | 41 | $283,222 | 32 |
| Middleville | 12 | 20 | $376,775 | 33 |
| Delton | 4 | 23 | $334,638 | 10 |
| Hickory Corners | 3 | 5 | $1,784,553 | 23 |
| Shelbyville | 3 | 13 | $223,000 | 37 |
| Freeport | 2 | 2 | $431,250 | 8 |
| Nashville | 1 | 10 | $493,000 | 70 |
Where It Is Being Built
New Construction, 2025
Permits pulled for new residential construction in 2025 across Barry County total 158 units at $55,679,607 of construction value, fewer than in 2022. Where a community's units sit in the five-plus column, it is adding apartments and condominiums rather than subdivisions. The table lists the 7 busiest municipalities, which account for 158 of those units; the rest are spread across the remaining communities.
| Municipality | Single Family | 2 to 4 Units | 5+ Units | Total Units | Construction Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry County Part Unincorporated Area | 77 | 0 | 0 | 77 | $26,138,231 |
| Thornapple township | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | $8,849,850 |
| Rutland charter township | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | $3,877,563 |
| Yankee Springs township | 15 | 0 | 0 | 15 | $5,997,891 |
| Hope township | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | $4,718,392 |
| Prairieville township | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | $4,807,640 |
| Hastings | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | $1,290,040 |
Where Everything Is
Barry County, Drawn
Every city and township in the county. Click any one to open its own profile. Boundaries are the Census Bureau's own, so what you see here is exactly what the data above describes.
Every City and Township
The Municipal Picture
All 22 municipalities in Barry County, from the American Community Survey. Median home value here is what owners report their homes are worth across all housing, which runs lower than what changed hands last month. Each name opens our profile of that community, with a link to its official website where we could verify one.
| Municipality | Population | Median Income | Median Home Value | Owner Occupied | Median Year Built | Commute (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thornapple township | 9,406 | $98,929 | $262,800 | 87.2% | 1986 | 29.3 |
| Hastings city (official site) | 7,515 | $56,309 | $159,000 | 72.8% | 1960 | 25.1 |
| Yankee Springs township (official site) | 5,356 | $81,524 | $338,400 | 88.2% | 1992 | 30.4 |
| Middleville | 4,327 | $71,417 | $209,000 | 78.6% | 1993 | 31.0 |
| Rutland charter township | 4,175 | $91,133 | $274,300 | 88.7% | 1979 | 25.9 |
| Irving township | 3,774 | $77,266 | $363,700 | 93.7% | 1994 | 26.8 |
| Barry township | 3,445 | $87,316 | $294,500 | 93.0% | 1973 | 27.6 |
| Orangeville township | 3,442 | $81,875 | $266,700 | 82.6% | 1978 | 28.5 |
| Castleton township | 3,388 | $57,043 | $124,700 | 79.1% | 1964 | 27.4 |
| Prairieville township | 3,367 | $77,656 | $376,400 | 90.0% | 1982 | 30.2 |
| Hope township (official site) | 3,172 | $103,144 | $228,800 | 98.3% | 1975 | 43.4 |
| Hastings charter township (official site) | 3,047 | $74,917 | $233,300 | 87.1% | 1972 | 22.5 |
| Johnstown township | 2,878 | $70,568 | $202,800 | 79.9% | 1972 | 28.0 |
| Woodland township (official site) | 2,256 | $70,938 | $249,800 | 81.1% | 1962 | 25.5 |
| Assyria township (official site) | 2,120 | $77,277 | $185,000 | 89.2% | 1970 | 34.0 |
| Carlton township | 2,091 | $86,174 | $235,600 | 96.7% | 1969 | 35.3 |
| Baltimore township (official site) | 1,898 | $73,000 | $243,200 | 93.5% | 1974 | 28.0 |
| Maple Grove township (official site) | 1,652 | $69,583 | $231,100 | 93.7% | 1974 | 33.5 |
| Nashville | 1,371 | $54,612 | $119,500 | 69.0% | 1942 | 28.8 |
| Delton | 865 | $59,500 | $260,500 | 85.0% | 1973 | 28.7 |
| Freeport | 615 | $72,868 | $154,900 | 79.3% | 1938 | 28.1 |
| Hickory Corners | 151 | $96,105 | $260,200 | 100.0% | 1979 | 32.8 |
Worth Knowing
Barry County, the Good Stuff
Sourced history and curiosities from this county. More at our Michigan facts page.
It is a kettle, a bowl shaped hollow left when a buried block of glacial ice melted out thousands of years ago. It drops roughly 100 feet below the surrounding forest floor and, unlike most kettles nearby, it never filled with water. Source
Irving Delos Charlton donated 210 acres to the county in 1936 along with thousands of artifacts he had collected. The historic village on Thornapple Lake near Hastings was assembled starting in 1969 to portray a typical turn of the century rural Michigan town. Source
Barry-Roubaix, a gravel road race started in 2009 by Rick and Cathy Plite after they discovered the county's back roads on a group ride. Based in Hastings since 2013, it now draws thousands of riders from dozens of states and several countries. Source
Still debated Apparently not. The usual account credits Garaudus Nash, a chief engineer for the Grand River Valley Railroad who was surveying the line from Jackson to Grand Rapids in 1866 and suggested the community be named for him. It was incorporated as a village in 1869. Source
Where This Comes From
Sources, and what we do not publish
Population, income, home value, ownership, housing age and commute times come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey five-year estimates. New construction comes from the Census Building Permits Survey. Sold and active listing figures are Legacy's own read of the MLS for October 2026 closings, Legacy's read as of early November 2026. Local facts carry their own source link.
We do not publish crime statistics or school ratings. Those figures are reported by agency and district rather than by community, they lag by a year or more, and ranking communities on them is not something a brokerage should be doing. For public safety, the FBI publishes reported offenses by the agency that actually covers each community, and for schools the State of Michigan publishes district data directly. Both are linked below so you can read the primary source yourself.
This page is compiled from public government sources for general information only. Legacy Real Estate Partners does not verify, endorse, rank or interpret this data and makes no representation about the suitability of any community for any person. Every community we serve is presented using the same template and the same sources. We are pledged to the letter and spirit of U.S. policy for the achievement of equal housing opportunity throughout the nation.
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