ZIP 48216 · Detroit
Who lives in ZIP code 48216 (Detroit, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Detroit, MI · Wayne County
uszips 2026
People5,865
Median age33.5
Household income$44,335
Home value$245,143
Median rent$988/mo
Poverty30.3%
College degree+40.1%
Commute21 min
Place
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Wider region
- Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI
- Metro division
- Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 998 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,915
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
12.2% are 65 or older; 75.2% are adults.
Household income
25.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $41,039.
Education (adults 25+)
49.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
23.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 23.3%
- Never married
- 56.1%
- Divorced
- 15.5%
- Widowed
- 5.1%
- Family size
- 3.39
- Dual-income families
- 47.3%
Housing
- Own their home
- 35.4%
- Rent burden
- 29.3%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 65.6%
- Unemployment
- 9.4%
- Self-employed
- 16.9%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 11.1%
- Veterans
- 2.6%
- With a disability
- 14.6%
- No health insurance
- 8.1%
- Limited English
- 4.6%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.