ZIP Code 48225 · Wayne County · Michigan
Harper Woods (entire city)
A neighborhood-level guide to the 48225 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.
Harper Woods' single zip, 48225, covers the entire 2.6-square-mile city pressed between Detroit and the Grosse Pointes. That location is the story: Grosse Pointe school-district adjacency, Eastland's redevelopment site as a future anchor, and some of the metro's most attainable brick colonials.
Buyers who want to be near the Pointes without Pointe prices have always known this zip — the recent wave of east-side investment has only sharpened the value.
Based on the Harper Woods city-wide median of $140k and this ZIP's housing profile, homes in 48225 typically list and close around a $140k median, with most transactions landing between $123k and $157k. 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 48225 — free, no obligation — call (313) 288-8905.
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