Best Places48216, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48216, 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.
48216 ranks 31,554th 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 48216
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.
48216's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48216 ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of zip codes
Where 48216 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- School gradeD−, better than only 3% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48216
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48216 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $46,811, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 48216's effective rate of 0.79%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 48216
48216'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 48216.
Who works in 48216, and how
Work in 48216 centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in 48216
48216 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 98% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 48216 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48216, month by month
48216 sees roughly 79 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 48216
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 16 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 48216
Schools across 48216 average a D−, better than 3% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Maybury Elementary SchoolD− · 14% proficient
- Earhart Elementarymiddle SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Burton International AcademyF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Cass Technical High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Western International High SchoolD− · 11% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48216 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48216 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 48216 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48216
Is 48216 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48216 ranks 31,554th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on biking, walkability, and low disaster risk, 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 48216 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $289,392. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $46,811 median income, cost of living beats 6% of zip codes.
Is 48216 safe?
48216 is safer than 1% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,259 per resident a year.
Compare 48216 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48216. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48216 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.
48216 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48216: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48216: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48216: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48216: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48216 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.