Best Places48164, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48164, 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.
48164 ranks 12,950th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48164
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.
48164's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48164 ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of zip codes
- Household income$101,674 median, better than 81% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 81% of zip codes
Where 48164 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 63 pleasant days a year, better than only 12% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 20% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48164
A household needs to earn about $84,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48164 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,674, 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 48164's effective rate of 1.35%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48164
48164 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 48164.
Who works in 48164, and how
Work in 48164 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 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 48164
48164 has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 48164 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48164, month by month
48164 sees roughly 63 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 64° |
| October | 67° | 55° | 45° |
Flying in and out of 48164
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 6 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 48164
Schools across 48164 average a C+, better than 40% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Loren Eyler Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Wegienka Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- William D Miller Elem SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownstown Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Wagar 56 Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Carl T Renton Jr High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Airport Middle CollegeA · 75% proficient
- Woodhaven High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Huron High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48164 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48164 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 48164 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48164
Is 48164 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48164 ranks 12,950th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and high incomes, and lowest on car insurance costs and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 48164 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $299,251. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $101,674 median income, cost of living beats 79% of zip codes.
Is 48164 safe?
Yes, 48164 is safer than 81% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $245 per resident a year.
Compare 48164 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48164. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48164 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.
48164 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48164: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48164: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48164: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48164: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48164 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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