ZIP 48234 · Detroit
Who lives in ZIP code 48234 (Detroit, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Detroit, MI · Wayne County
uszips 2026
People32,760
Median age32.9
Household income$35,322
Home value$62,485
Median rent$1,015/mo
Poverty37.4%
College degree+9.8%
Commute25 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
- 1,618 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 12,699
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
15.5% are 65 or older; 72.9% are adults.
Household income
12.8% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $25,551.
Education (adults 25+)
33.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
0.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 17.7%
- Never married
- 60.7%
- Divorced
- 15.9%
- Widowed
- 5.7%
- Family size
- 3.56
- Dual-income families
- 32.1%
Housing
- Own their home
- 53.0%
- Rent burden
- 47.0%
- Men / women
- 45% / 56%
Work
- In labor force
- 50.6%
- Unemployment
- 14.0%
- Self-employed
- 15.0%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 9.8%
- Veterans
- 4.2%
- With a disability
- 17.9%
- No health insurance
- 8.9%
- Limited English
- 0.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.