Best Places48072, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48072, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
48072 ranks 2,370th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48072
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.
48072's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48072 ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of zip codes
Where 48072 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 16% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48072
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48072 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $117,613, 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 48072's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48072
48072 runs younger 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 48072.
Who works in 48072, and how
Work in 48072 centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 48072
48072 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 90% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 48072 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48072, month by month
48072 sees roughly 87 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 48072
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 22 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 48072
Schools across 48072 average a B, better than 66% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Burton Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Northwood Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Rogers Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Royal Oak Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
- Anderson Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Royal Oak High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Berkley High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48072 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48072 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 48072 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48072
Is 48072 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48072 ranks 2,370th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on walkability, population health, 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 48072 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $319,425. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $117,613 median income, cost of living beats 88% of zip codes.
Is 48072 safe?
48072 is safer than 40% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $365 per resident a year.
Compare 48072 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48072. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48072 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.
48072 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48072: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48072: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48072: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48072: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48072 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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