Rental market · ZIP 48211 · Detroit, MI

ZIP 48211, Detroit, MI rental market

Population 5,419 · Detroit, Wayne County, MI · ZIP Code Tabulation Area

Profile · ACS 2024 5-year

Not ranked

The survey value/rent margins of error are too wide (> 40%) to rank this area confidently.

It stays searchable; available government estimates remain below (data tier: Profile).

Key metrics

5,419
Population ±14%
$78,900
Median home value (ACS, owner-reported) ±42%
$1,044
Median gross rent (ACS, incl. utilities) ±9%
15.9%
Survey gross-rent yield (proxy)
$35,725
Median household income ±11%
1.9%
Rental vacancy
49.1%
Renter share
1.5%
Estimated property-tax burden
1938
Median year built
10.7%
Multifamily (5+ units)

Data vintage: ACS 2024 5-year · every figure is an ACS survey estimate with a margin of error (shown per card).

Market context

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Each point is one ACS 5-year estimate on the same 2020-Census ZCTA boundary. Adjacent releases overlap, so the release-to-release differences are not independent annual market movement.

ACS estimates by release; ± is the margin of error.
Series2017–20212018–20222019–20232020–2024
Median home value B25077$41,700 ±$18,568$54,000 ±$13,432$66,900 ±$19,489$78,900 ±$32,713
Median gross rent B25064$840 ±$62$952 ±$47$985 ±$99$1,044 ±$98
Population B010036,060 ±6945,526 ±7055,556 ±8075,419 ±739

ACS 2021 release

2017-2021 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$41,700Margin of error ±$18,568
Median gross rent B25064
$840Margin of error ±$62
Population B01003
6,060Margin of error ±694

ACS 2022 release

2018-2022 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$54,000Margin of error ±$13,432
Median gross rent B25064
$952Margin of error ±$47
Population B01003
5,526Margin of error ±705

ACS 2023 release

2019-2023 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$66,900Margin of error ±$19,489
Median gross rent B25064
$985Margin of error ±$99
Population B01003
5,556Margin of error ±807

ACS 2024 release

2020-2024 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$78,900Margin of error ±$32,713
Median gross rent B25064
$1,044Margin of error ±$98
Population B01003
5,419Margin of error ±739

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year, table-based Summary File (ZCTA geography); tables B25077 (median value), B25064 (median gross rent), and B01003 (population); estimate + margin of error. Missing releases remain gaps and are never interpolated. Home value is owner-reported; gross rent describes renter housing stock; population is a ZCTA estimate. Dollar figures are nominal.

Measured market data

Measured observations for this ZIP Code, published beside the government survey figures above rather than replacing them. They measure different things and will legitimately disagree: the ACS median home value is what owners report their home is worth in a 5-year survey, while ZHVI is a monthly index of typical home value; ACS median gross rent is what sitting tenants pay including utilities, while ZORI is an index of asking rent on newly listed units. ZORI does not correct the ACS rent; neither is a better version of the other. Monthly series, revised in recent months, observed 2026-07, not live.

Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI, mid tier)$57,774
ZHVI bottom tier (5th–35th pct)$38,118
ZHVI top tier (65th–95th pct)$104,303
Market heat index48
For-sale inventory16
Measured 3-yr value growth0.89%/yr
Measured 5-yr value growth-0.43%/yr
Measured 10-yr value growth6.04%/yr
ZHVI, 3-bedroom$50,137

Source: Zillow Economic Research public research data, observation month 2026-07. Zillow keys on USPS ZIP codes; this page is a 2020 Census ZCTA, related but not identical geographies, so a Zillow value is matched to this ZCTA by code and is not a statement that the two areas are the same. Zillow is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Compounding Estates.

Underwrite with these as starting points

Opening a calculator pre-loads the ACS median owner value and median gross rent as a survey-level starting point; every calculator input is editable. Owner-occupied median value and renter median gross rent describe different housing stock: the median-valued home is not the typical rental, so this is a screen, not a listing, appraisal, asking rent, cap rate, or forecast. Bring your own entry price and rent.

ZIP Codes bordering 48211

6 ZIP Code areas share a land boundary with 48211 in the official Census 2020 ZCTA map, ordered by shared-boundary length, not ZIP-number proximity or driving distance. 6 of them are in CE's ranked set and linked below; the rest are searchable from the ZIP Code explorer. No score or rank is shown here: open a profile for its own numbers.

Evidence, sources & limitations

Official geography: Detroit city, Wayne County. Analytical entity: the U.S. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 48211, an approximation of the USPS ZIP delivery area, not its exact route boundaries. Model z2-gov-subscores-v1; data ACS 2024 5-year.

This ZIP Code area is primarily in Wayne County, overlapping Detroit and other places, by land-area overlap from the official Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files (not population or address share).

Populationsurvey ACS B01003 · ±14% MOE
Median home value (ACS, owner-reported)survey ACS B25077 · ±42% MOE
Median gross rent (ACS, incl. utilities)survey ACS B25064 · ±9% MOE
Survey gross-rent yield (proxy)derived 12 * ACS B25064 / B25077
Median household incomesurvey ACS B19013 · ±11% MOE
Rental vacancyderived ACS B25004 E002 / (B25003 E003 + B25004 E002)
Renter sharederived ACS B25003 E003/E001
Estimated property-tax burdenderived ACS B25103 / B25077
Median year builtsurvey ACS B25035
Multifamily (5+ units)derived ACS B25024 (5+ unit structures / total)

Class: survey = ACS estimate (with margin of error); derived = computed from ACS. The survey gross-rent yield is a proxy (renter gross rent vs owner-occupied value, different housing stock; ACS top-codes very high values/rents) and is not a cap rate. Subscores are national percentiles among data-eligible areas; ranks are competition-ranked with deterministic ties. No vendor, listing, parcel, or school data. Not investment advice.