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Arcadia home appraisals

Arcadia Township

Arcadia had the highest Zillow typical value of any town listed for Manistee County, $421,555 in June 2026. The small township sits on Lake Michigan along M-22, with Arcadia Lake behind the beach and protected dunes to the north. Census Reporter puts the 2020 to 2024 median owner value at $239,600.

$421,555Zillow typical home value, Arcadia, June 30, 2026 (Manistee County page)

$239,600Median owner occupied home value, Arcadia Township, ACS 2020 to 2024 (Census Reporter)

657Township population, 2020 census (Wikipedia)

3,927 acresArcadia Dunes, the C.S. Mott Nature Preserve, in Benzie and Manistee counties (GTRLC)

Few homes and a lot of protected land

Arcadia Township had 657 people in 2020. The 2020 to 2024 survey found 526 housing units but only about 232 households. Arcadia Dunes, the C.S. Mott Nature Preserve, covers 3,927 acres in Benzie and Manistee counties and is the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy's largest preserve, with neighboring working farms permanently protected. That much conserved ground keeps the count of buildable shore lots small.

Arcadia Township counted 526 housing units and about 232 households in 2020 to 2024.

From lumber mill to lake town

Henry Starke's lumber mill shaped early Arcadia, per Wikipedia. After it burned in 1906, the Arcadia Furniture Factory took its place. Arcadia Lake, once called Bar Lake for the sandbar that separates it from Lake Michigan, saw its first settlers in 1866. Aviator Harriet Quimby was born in the township. Comps often have to come from Onekama, Portage Lake or the Benzie County shore.

Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file

Arcadia
Arcadia Lake
Burnhamville
Arcadia Dunes preserve
M-22 corridor
Arcadia Township

Landmarks around Arcadia

Arcadia Bluffs Golf CourseGolf club
Arcadia LakeInland lake
Camp ArcadiaNational Register of Historic Places

Common questions

Is Arcadia a village?

Arcadia is an unincorporated community and census designated place inside Arcadia Township, on the Lake Michigan shore, with ZIP code 49613, per Wikipedia. M-22 is the main road. The township borders Benzie County to the north, Pleasanton Township to the east, Bear Lake Township to the southeast and Onekama Township to the south.

How does preserve land near a home show up in an appraisal?

As part of the setting. Arcadia Dunes trails include a universally accessible Overlook Trail from the Baldy lot to a Lake Michigan view, per the Conservancy. A home beside conserved land sits differently than one with neighbors on both sides, and the appraiser looks for sales with similar surroundings instead of applying a set adjustment.