River Rouge, MI
Census ZIP code profile for River Rouge, MI — 1 ZIPs, total population 7,903. Median income, home value, education, commute, and demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2023 5-Year Estimates.
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River Rouge, MI is covered by 1 USPS ZIP code serving a combined population of 7,903 according to Census ACS 5-Year Estimates. U.S. cities rarely map cleanly to a single ZIP — River Rouge splits its residents across 1 delivery areas, each with its own demographic and housing profile. The table below lists every ZIP by population, so you can see which neighborhoods carry the weight of the city total and which are smaller pockets of the same municipal boundary.
Aggregated across every ZIP in River Rouge, the median household income averages $41,033 and per-capita income averages $22,582. Poverty rate runs at 39.8% and unemployment at 11.4%. On housing, the average median home value is $65,200 with median rent of $839 per month, and 57.3% of occupied units are owner-occupied. These are arithmetic averages across the 1 ZIP — not population-weighted — so small ZIPs influence the headline numbers the same as large ones.
Use this city view to compare ZIPs inside River Rouge against each other rather than hunting for a single "city average." The Affordability Dashboard linked below combines these Census inputs with HUD Fair Market Rents, FBI crime data, and Department of Labor childcare costs into a graded scorecard for River Rouge as a whole, while individual ZIP pages show fine-grained household income, housing profile, education attainment, commute time, and nearby-ZIP benchmarks. Every field on this page is sourced directly from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates — no estimates, no proprietary scoring, no editorial adjustment.
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ZIP Codes
7,903
Population
$41,033
Median Income
$65,200
Median Home Value
34.4
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ZIP Codes in River Rouge, MI
| ZIP Code | Population | Density | Timezone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48218 | 7,903 | 1,150 | America/Detroit |
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Official Data Resources for River Rouge
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →
Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →
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