Best Places48304, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48304, 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.
48304 ranks 966th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 48304
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.
48304's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48304 ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Household income$158,290 median, better than 97% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 48304 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48304
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48304 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $158,290; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 48304'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 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 48304
48304 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 48304.
Who works in 48304, and how
Work in 48304 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 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in 48304
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 48304.
What the weather is like in 48304, month by month
48304 sees roughly 101 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 48304
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 27 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 48304
Schools across 48304 average an A−, better than 90% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Eastover Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Way Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Harlan Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Boulan Park Middle SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Birmingham Covington SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Bloomfield Hills Middle SchoolA · 61% proficient
Top high schools
- International AcademyA+ · 82% proficient
- Troy High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Ernest W Seaholm High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48304 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48304 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 48304 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 48304
Is 48304 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48304 ranks 966th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on an educated workforce, health care access, and what local pay buys, 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 48304 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $615,292. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $158,290 median income, cost of living beats 98% of zip codes.
Is 48304 safe?
Yes, 48304 is safer than 67% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
Compare 48304 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48304. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48304 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.
48304 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48304: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48304: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48304: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48304: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48304 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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