Best Places48213, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48213, 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.
48213 ranks 33,051st of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48213
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.
48213's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48213 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 94% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 92% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of zip codes
Where 48213 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48213
A household needs to earn about $17,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48213 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $36,332, 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 48213'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 2 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48213
48213's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 48213.
Who works in 48213, and how
Work in 48213 centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in 48213
48213 has more parkland per resident than 94% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 48213 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48213, month by month
48213 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 48213
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 23 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 48213
Schools across 48213 average a D, better than 6% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Edward Duke Ellington At BeckhamD+ · 25% proficient
- Blackwell InstituteD+ · 25% proficient
- Nichols Elementarymiddle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Detroit Lions AcademyF · 7% proficient
Top high schools
- Denby High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Covenant House Academy Detroit East SiteD+ · 25% proficient
- Hamtramck High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48213 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48213 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 48213 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48213
Is 48213 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48213 ranks 33,051st of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, transit, 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 48213 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $60,842. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $36,332 median income, cost of living beats 3% of zip codes.
Is 48213 safe?
48213 is safer than 0% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,805 per resident a year.
Compare 48213 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48213. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48213 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.
48213 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48213: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48213: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48213: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48213: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48213 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.