Luxury market
Lake Forest housing market stats
Large Pittsfield Township community of 1990s and 2000s colonials around a private lake, popular with physicians and tech commuters. As of 2026-04-01, the median sale price in Lake Forest sits at $1.32M, which is 150% above the Washtenaw County median, ranking it #2 of 50 neighborhoods we track.
Median sale price
$1.32M
#2 of 50
Median $/sqft
$459
Median home 2,475 sqft
Days on market
40 days
#48 fastest of 50
Year over year
+4.4%
Trailing 12 months
Sold at or over asking
23%
Trailing 12 months
Months of inventory
2.1 mo
Seller's market
Commute medians
Drive-time estimates from a central point in Lake Forest to the county's three largest employers. Distances are straight-line miles, times are our rush-adjusted driving midpoint.
Market reading
With a median of 40 days on market and 23% of closed sales hitting or exceeding list price, Lake Forest sits in a softening posture. Months of inventory at 2.1 and a YoY price move of +4.4% round out the snapshot.
Active inventory in the neighborhood sits at roughly 10 homes. Exact address-level data is available from licensed brokers through our partner network.
Employers closest to Lake Forest
- Esperion Therapeutics — Clinical-stage biopharma developing cholesterol-lowering therapies.
- NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab — Federal Great Lakes science laboratory; co-located with UM's CIGLR institute.
- Costco Pittsfield — Costco warehouse in Pittsfield Twp.
Methodology and sources
- Washtenaw County Register of Deeds recorded sale prices
- City of Ann Arbor and township assessor parcel rolls
- Public MLS statistical summaries published by Ann Arbor Area Board of Realtors
- Commutin proprietary drive-time model (haversine distance calibrated to Ann Arbor road network)
Snapshot as of 2026-04-01. See methodology for commute model details. Aggregate figures only; nothing on this page identifies a specific property.