Best Places48393, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 48393, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
48393 ranks 5,546th 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 48393
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.
48393's strengths and weaknesses
Where 48393 ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 91% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of zip codes
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of zip codes
Where 48393 ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 24% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 48393
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 48393 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $89,515, 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 48393's effective rate of 1.21%, 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 48393
48393 runs younger than the country, 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 48393.
Who works in 48393, and how
Work in 48393 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 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in 48393
48393 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 65% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 76% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 48393 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 48393, month by month
48393 sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 26° | 18° |
| April | 60° | 47° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 74° | 62° |
| October | 64° | 53° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 48393
Detroit Metro Wayne County sits about 24 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 48393
Schools across 48393 average a B, better than 65% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Deerfield Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Parkview Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Sharon J Hardy Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top middle schools
- Novi Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- James R Geisler Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Oak Valley Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Novi High SchoolA− · 66% proficient
- Walled Lake Western High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- South Lyon East High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 48393 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
48393 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 48393 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 48393 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 62% of zip codes and health care access beats 62%.
Common questions about living in 48393
Is 48393 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 48393 ranks 5,546th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and biking, and lowest on car insurance costs and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 48393 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,836. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $89,515 median income, cost of living beats 70% of zip codes.
Is 48393 safe?
Yes, 48393 is safer than 70% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $288 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 48393?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 33 with lows near 18. That works out to about 97 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of zip codes.
Is 48393 good for families?
Schools beat 65% of zip codes, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $916 a month.
Compare 48393 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 48393. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 48393 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.
48393 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 48393: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 48393: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 48393: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 48393: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
48393 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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