ZIP 48236 vs ZIP 48080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48236 (Grosse Pointe, MI) and ZIP 48080 (Saint Clair Shores, MI) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 48236 has a population of 30,607 at 1,582 people per square mile, while ZIP 48080 has 22,494 at 1,965 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 48236 reports a median household income of $128,242 against $66,986 in ZIP 48080, with per-capita income of $71,254 vs $43,642. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.1% in 48236 and 33.0% in 48080. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 3.3% — 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 $369,900 in 48236 versus $199,900 in 48080, with median rent of $1,624 and $1,112 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.3% vs 78.5%. 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.