ZIP 48072 vs ZIP 48070

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48072 (Berkley, MI) and ZIP 48070 (Huntington Woods, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 48072 has a population of 14,970 at 2,407 people per square mile, while ZIP 48070 has 6,238 at 1,619 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 48072 reports a median household income of $116,239 against $190,150 in ZIP 48070, with per-capita income of $61,723 vs $88,371. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.8% in 48072 and 83.8% in 48070. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 2.2%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 0.9% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $316,700 in 48072 versus $473,900 in 48070, with median rent of $1,526 and $2,493 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 96.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.