Rental markets / Detroit

ZIP 48228 fair market rent

Rent benchmarks by bedroom, with local comparisons and rental-housing estimates.

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$1,500 / month

+4.2% from FY2025

FY2026 · current · effective Oct 1, 2025

Includes tenant-paid basic utilities. HUD benchmarks are not asking rents or approved voucher payments.

Published HUD schedules

FY2025
$1,440
FY2026
$1,500
FY2027
$1,550

Selected bedroom count. Schedule changes are not observed rent growth.

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027 · upcoming
Studio$830$880$910
1 bedroom$920$980$1,020
2 bedrooms$1,170$1,230$1,270
3 bedrooms$1,440$1,500$1,550
4 bedrooms$1,550$1,630$1,680
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Compare ZIP benchmarks

Other ZIPs in the same HUD area. These are rent comparisons, not property-specific comps.

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area · 3 bedrooms · FY2026
ZIP codeMonthly gross rentDifference from 48228
48228 This ZIP$1,500$0
48180$1,480-$20
48207$1,620+$120
48235$1,620+$120
48219$1,670+$170
48185$1,730+$230

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Rental housing in ZCTA 48228

2020–2024 ACS 5-year. Census ZCTAs approximate postal ZIP codes; their boundaries are not identical.

Renter-occupied homes

9,780

50.7% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
67.2%
Buildings with 2–4 units
9.9%
Buildings with 5+ units
21.9%
Other rental housing
1.0%

Rent as a share of income

68.3%

Spend at least 30% of household income on gross rent.

47.1% spend at least half.

Estimates, margins of error & definitions

These are pooled 2020–2024 survey estimates, not current listing data. Single-unit houses include detached and attached homes. Rent-burden percentages exclude households for which the ratio could not be calculated.

90% margins of error. Percentage margins are in percentage points.
MeasureEstimateMargin of error
Renter-occupied homes9,780± 766
Renter share of occupied homes50.7%± 3.2 pp
Single-unit houses67.2%± 2.4 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units9.9%± 2.7 pp
Buildings with 5+ units21.9%± 5.1 pp
Other rental housing1.0%± 1.0 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income68.3%± 4.7 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income47.1%± 4.8 pp

U.S. Census Bureau, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year tables B25003, B25032 and B25070. Statistical guidance.

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HUD sources, dates & coverage

HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents are monthly gross-rent benchmarks for postal ZIP codes. They include basic tenant-paid utilities, excluding phone, cable and internet. They do not determine an individual housing authority's payment standard, approved rent or a tenant's subsidy.

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI HUD Metro FMR Area. FY2025 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2024; source file revised Apr 28, 2025) · FY2026 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2025; source file revised May 21, 2026) · FY2027 ZIP schedule (effective Oct 1, 2026).

HUD data checked Sep 22, 2026. Census context: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year. How Census ZCTAs differ from postal ZIP codes.