Rental markets / Detroit

ZIP 48235 fair market rent

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

3-bedroom gross-rent benchmark

$1,620 / month

+2.5% 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
$1,580
FY2026
$1,620
FY2027
$1,670

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

Rent by bedroom

Monthly gross-rent benchmarks, including tenant-paid utilities
BedroomsFY2025FY2026FY2027 · upcoming
Studio$930$950$980
1 bedroom$1,020$1,060$1,100
2 bedrooms$1,290$1,330$1,370
3 bedrooms$1,580$1,620$1,670
4 bedrooms$1,710$1,760$1,810
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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 48235
48235 This ZIP$1,620$0
48207$1,620$0
48219$1,670+$50
48185$1,730+$110
48228$1,500-$120
48066$1,750+$130

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Rental housing in ZCTA 48235

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

Renter-occupied homes

8,674

46.5% of occupied homes are rented.

Rental home types

Single-unit houses
74.0%
Buildings with 2–4 units
4.3%
Buildings with 5+ units
20.8%
Other rental housing
0.9%

Rent as a share of income

63.4%

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

38.8% 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 homes8,674± 825
Renter share of occupied homes46.5%± 3.8 pp
Single-unit houses74.0%± 5.7 pp
Buildings with 2–4 units4.3%± 2.8 pp
Buildings with 5+ units20.8%± 4.3 pp
Other rental housing0.9%± 0.9 pp
Rent is 30% or more of income63.4%± 5.3 pp
Rent is 50% or more of income38.8%± 5.4 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.