Best Places48071, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48071, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
48071 ranks 15,770th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48071
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.
48071's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48071 ranks high
- BikingBetter than 97% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes
Where 48071 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- School gradeD+, better than only 10% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48071
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48071 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,421, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 48071's effective rate of 1.45%, 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 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48071
48071's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 48071.
Who works in 48071, and how
Work in 48071 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 48071
48071 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 79% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 48071 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48071, month by month
48071 sees roughly 85 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 48071
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 24 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 48071
Schools across 48071 average a D+, better than 10% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Lessenger Elementary SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Oak Ridge Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Keller ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Page Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
- Wilkinson Middle SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Royal Oak High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Lamphere CenterB · 50% proficient
- Lamphere High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48071 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48071 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 48071 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 48071 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 20% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 48071
Is 48071 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48071 ranks 15,770th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and transit, 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 48071 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $198,705. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $76,421 median income, cost of living beats 52% of zip codes.
Is 48071 safe?
48071 is safer than 30% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 48071?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 23. That works out to about 85 pleasant days a year, more than 50% of zip codes.
Is 48071 good for families?
Schools beat 10% of zip codes, crime safety beats 30%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare 48071 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48071. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48071 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.
48071 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48071: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48071: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48071: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48071: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48071 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
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