ZIP Code 48202 · Wayne County · Michigan
New Center · Boston-Edison
A neighborhood-level guide to the 48202 zip code: housing stock, price expectations, and what daily life is actually like here — from a licensed Michigan agent who works this area every week.
New Center 48202 was Detroit's 'second downtown' — built around the Fisher Building's golden towers and Cadillac Place, with the Henry Ford Hospital medical campus anchoring today's economy. Adjacent Boston-Edison remains one of America's great early-1900s residential districts: 900 homes on curving boulevards where automobile barons, including Henry Ford himself, once lived.
Buyers here choose between grand historic restorations, conveniently sized Virginia Park colonials, and newer medical-district condos. The inventory mix is unlike anywhere else in the metro — and so are the price-per-square-foot advantages versus suburban estates.
Based on the Detroit city-wide median of $75k and this ZIP's housing profile, homes in 48202 typically list and close around a $135k median, with most transactions landing between $119k and $151k. Condos and smaller ranches trade below that band; updated four-bedroom colonials and anything on a larger or water-adjacent lot trade above it.
Estimates are derived from city-wide medians and ZIP-level housing characteristics. For live Realcomp MLS comps in 48202 — free, no obligation — call (313) 288-8905.
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