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Rents in Pontiac are $375 below the Oakland County typical.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
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104 W Montcalm St, Pontiac, MI 48342
Empire Property Investments and Management is a Pontiac company managing homes, apartments, HOAs and commercial property in the Detroit and Flint area, with investment acquisition, development and round-the-clock maintenance.
In their words: “We will help you analyze, buy and ultimately rent your next cash-flowing property.”
Review summary: Reviewers, mostly tenants, often mention a hard-working, honest manager and nice homes.
Serves the Pontiac area · no public office address, so no map pin
Real Legacy Property Group serves the Pontiac area and manages shopping centers, offices, apartments and townhomes, with leasing, rent collection, maintenance, financial reporting and inspections.
In their words: “We make it easy for international property owners, overseas investors, or out-of-state owners to manage, maintain, and supervise properties from a far.”
Pontiac Properties has provided rental housing in Pontiac since 2001, leasing houses, apartments and room shares in Pontiac and Metro Detroit, with rent-to-own and land contract sales.
18 W Huron St Ste 2, Pontiac, MI 48342
Monarch Investments is a Pontiac company that owns and manages apartment buildings, with its own maintenance staff handling requests from residents.
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Rents in Pontiac are $375 below the Oakland County typical.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months: +$3 in all since Oct 2025.
Green: rent went up that month. Grey: it went down.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
Pontiac's typical asking rent is $375 (21.7%) below the county. The gap is growing compared with a year ago.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
Pontiac is number 16 of 16 cities in the county by typical asking rent.
Cities with at least 13 months of Zillow data. Left out (too few months): Berkley, Clawson, Holly, Milford, Oxford, South Lyon, Walled Lake, Wixom. Linked cities have their own page.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed, 1-year change. Data through September 2026.
Rents here usually rise most in March, April and May, so those are good months to list your rental.
Average change from the month before, 4 years of data.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
Past growth, not a forecast. Rents can go down as well as up. Your own rent depends on the home, its condition and the lease.
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, all homes + multifamily, smoothed. Data through September 2026.
| City | Typical rent | 1 year | Managers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontiac | $1,351 | +0.2% | 4 |
| Auburn Hills | $1,799 | +4.8% | 14 |
| Bloomfield Hills | $2,718 | +7.6% | 5 |
| Birmingham | $2,682 | +4.6% | 2 |
| Troy | $1,854 | +3.4% | 9 |
| Rochester | $1,942 | +2.0% | 3 |
| Royal Oak | $1,962 | +5.0% | 11 |
Source: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), typical asking rent, data through September 2026. Managers listed: our directory, October 2026.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024.
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents for fiscal year 2027, Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area. Used to set Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) limits.
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Compare the 4 property management companies in Pontiac, Oakland County. Tick up to 3 to see them side by side, then request free quotes from all of them in one step. Highly rated managers based nearby, in Auburn Hills and Rochester, are listed below the local companies.
Zillow's typical asking rent in Pontiac is $1,351 (September 2026); +0.2% over the past year. About 53.4% of homes in Pontiac are rented, and the rental vacancy rate is 6% (Census, 2020-2024).
We list 4 property management companies in Pontiac, MI: 3 with an office in the city and 1 that serve the area from elsewhere or without a public office address.
Zillow's typical asking rent in Pontiac was $1,351 a month in September 2026, +0.2% on a year earlier.
Over the 4 years Zillow has tracked, asking rents here have risen most in March, April and May. Listing in those months can help, but every property is different.
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