Best Places48034, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48034, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
48034 ranks 24,286th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48034
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
48034's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48034 ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 92% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 89% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 82% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes
Where 48034 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 12% of zip codes
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48034
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48034 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $64,492; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 48034's effective rate of 1.37%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48034
48034 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 48034.
Who works in 48034, and how
Work in 48034 centers on retail trade and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in 48034
48034 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 48034 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48034, month by month
48034 sees roughly 93 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 28° | 23° |
| April | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 55° | 47° |
Flying in and out of 48034
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 20 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 168 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 48034
Schools across 48034 average a D+, better than 12% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Macarthur K8 University AcademyC− · 25% proficient
- Adlai Stevenson Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
- Alice M Birney K8 SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Berkshire Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Warner Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- East Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Wylie E Groves High SchoolA · 67% proficient
- University High School AcademyC+ · 39% proficient
- Oakland Early CollegeC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48034 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48034 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 48034 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48034
Is 48034 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48034 ranks 24,286th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cell coverage, transit, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 48034 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,512. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $64,492 median income, cost of living beats 44% of zip codes.
Is 48034 safe?
48034 is safer than 10% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $635 per resident a year.
Compare 48034 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48034. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48034 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
48034 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48034: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48034: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48034: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48034: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48034 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.