Best Places48212, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48212, 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.
48212 ranks 31,451st 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 48212
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.
48212's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48212 ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 94% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 93% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 48212 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes
- Household income$41,327 median, better than only 3% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 3% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48212
A household needs to earn about $33,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48212 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $41,327, 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 48212's effective rate of 1.05%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48212
48212 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 48212.
Who works in 48212, and how
Work in 48212 centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 48212
48212 has more parkland per resident than 65% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 48212 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48212, month by month
48212 sees roughly 80 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 87° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 56° | 46° |
Flying in and out of 48212
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 48212
Schools across 48212 average a D−, better than 5% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Hamtramck AcademyC+ · 38% proficient
- Davison Elementarymiddle SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
- Hanley International AcademyD · 20% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bridge Academy WestD− · 15% proficient
- Kosciuszko SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Hamtramck High SchoolD · 23% proficient
- Pershing High SchoolD− · 15% proficient
- Horizon High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48212 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48212 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 48212 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 48212 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in 48212
Is 48212 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48212 ranks 31,451st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on walkability, low disaster risk, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 48212 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $121,779. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $41,327 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.
Is 48212 safe?
48212 is safer than 1% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,242 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 48212?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 21. That works out to about 80 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of zip codes.
Is 48212 good for families?
Schools beat 5% of zip codes, crime safety beats 1%, and childcare runs $834 a month.
Compare 48212 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48212. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48212 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.
48212 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48212: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48212: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48212: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48212: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48212 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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