ZIP 48224 · Detroit
Who lives in ZIP code 48224 (Detroit, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Detroit, MI · Wayne County
uszips 2026
People39,668
Median age33.4
Household income$44,856
Home value$102,869
Median rent$1,224/mo
Poverty33.5%
College degree+16.6%
Commute27 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
- 2,655 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 14,451
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
12.0% are 65 or older; 71.6% are adults.
Household income
19.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $27,719.
Education (adults 25+)
35.8% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 22.8%
- Never married
- 59.3%
- Divorced
- 13.5%
- Widowed
- 4.4%
- Family size
- 3.54
- Dual-income families
- 33.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 55.9%
- Rent burden
- 47.9%
- Men / women
- 47% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 58.1%
- Unemployment
- 15.3%
- Self-employed
- 17.1%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 13.1%
- Veterans
- 3.4%
- With a disability
- 17.6%
- No health insurance
- 5.8%
- Limited English
- 0.1%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.