ZIP 48312 · Sterling Heights
Who lives in ZIP code 48312 (Sterling Heights, MI): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Sterling Heights, MI · Macomb County
uszips 2026
People34,401
Median age41.4
Household income$68,061
Home value$263,678
Median rent$1,213/mo
Poverty11.4%
College degree+30.3%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- Wider region
- Detroit-Warren-Ann Arbor, MI
- Metro division
- Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 1,192 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 13,880
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
17.5% are 65 or older; 80.1% are adults.
Household income
33.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $37,102.
Education (adults 25+)
44.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 47.7%
- Never married
- 34.2%
- Divorced
- 10.8%
- Widowed
- 7.3%
- Family size
- 3.21
- Dual-income families
- 54.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 74.6%
- Rent burden
- 33.1%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 63.2%
- Unemployment
- 7.1%
- Self-employed
- 10.4%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 25.0%
- Veterans
- 3.1%
- With a disability
- 12.8%
- No health insurance
- 5.0%
- Limited English
- 8.4%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.