ZIP 48237 vs ZIP 48070

This side-by-side compares ZIP 48237 (Oak Park, 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 48237 has a population of 29,319 at 2,193 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 48237 reports a median household income of $71,510 against $190,150 in ZIP 48070, with per-capita income of $38,652 vs $88,371. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.1% in 48237 and 83.8% in 48070. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 2.2%, and unemployment 10.8% 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 $212,300 in 48237 versus $473,900 in 48070, with median rent of $1,396 and $2,493 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.3% 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.