Market file · Manistee County, Michigan

Kaleva home appraisals

Village of Kaleva, Maple Grove Township

Kaleva prices sit well below the county's lakeshore towns. Zillow's typical Kaleva value was $235,405 in June 2026, and Maple Grove Township's census median owner value for 2020 to 2024 was $116,800, the lowest of the county's 14 townships in that survey. The village is about 21 miles from Manistee.

$235,405Zillow typical home value, Kaleva, June 30, 2026 (Manistee County page)

$116,800Median owner occupied home value, Maple Grove Township, ACS 2020 to 2024, margin $19,449 (Census Reporter)

507Village population, 2020 census (Wikipedia)

60,000+Bottles in the 1941 John J. Makinen Bottle House (Wikipedia)

Founded by Finnish settlers in 1900

Kaleva began in 1900 as a refuge for Finnish settlers and takes its name from the Kalevala, Finland's national epic, per Wikipedia. The village had 507 people in 2020 and covers 1.10 square miles. Its best known building is the John J. Makinen Bottle House, built in 1941 from more than 60,000 bottles and listed on the National Register in 1987. It now houses the Kaleva Historical Museum.

The Makinen Bottle House used more than 60,000 bottles, laid with their bottoms facing out.

Bear Creek country, far from the beaches

Maple Grove Township had 1,342 people in 2020, and Bear Creek, a Manistee River tributary, crosses its west side. Census Reporter shows 984 housing units and 642 households for 2020 to 2024, a mean commute of 26.3 minutes and a median household income of $58,452. The $19,449 margin of error on the home value median is wide, as it tends to be in a township this size. Cadillac is about 36 miles away.

Areas, lakes and neighborhoods in this file

Kaleva village
Maple Grove Township
Bear Creek
Brown Township
Norwalk
Chief
Manistee River (Brown Township)

Landmarks around Kaleva

John J. Makinen Bottle HouseHistoric house built from bottles

Common questions

Where does Brown Township fit in?

Brown Township, home to the hamlets of Norwalk and Chief, had 704 people in 2020, and the Manistee River flows west through its center, per Wikipedia. Census Reporter puts its median owner value at $238,700 for 2020 to 2024, about double Maple Grove's, though both margins of error are wide. Rural sales from either township can serve as comps for the other.

Why is Kaleva's Zillow value twice the census median?

They cover different areas and years. The $116,800 census figure is what Maple Grove Township owner occupants estimated their homes were worth across 2020 to 2024. Zillow's $235,405 is a June 2026 model for the Kaleva area, after several years of rising prices. Neither replaces a look at recent sales of similar rural homes.