ZIP Code 48216 · Wayne County · Michigan
Corktown
A neighborhood-level guide to the 48216 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.
Corktown 48216 is Detroit's oldest neighborhood and its trendiest zip: rows of 1850s-1900s workers' cottages and grand Trumbull-and-Pearson avenue homes, Roosevelt Park framing the Michigan Central Station, and Ford's massive station redevelopment turning the district into a mobility-tech campus. Michigan Avenue's celebrated restaurant row runs through the heart of it.
Inventory is tiny and demand is enormous — cottages that traded for six figures a decade ago now command multiples of that. Buyers who want in need representation that sees listings the hour they hit the market.
Based on the Detroit city-wide median of $75k and this ZIP's housing profile, homes in 48216 typically list and close around a $143k median, with most transactions landing between $125k and $160k. 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 48216 — free, no obligation — call (313) 288-8905.
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