FIPS 26163 · population 1,772,259 · part of Detroit, MI
The latest county-level Zillow ZORI is $1,423 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.
| Bedrooms | HUD monthly FMR | Geography | Measurement boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,009 | Wayne County, MI | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 1 bedroom | $1,122 | Wayne County, MI | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,411 | Wayne County, MI | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 3 bedrooms | $1,724 | Wayne County, MI | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 4 bedrooms | $1,868 | Wayne County, MI | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
Zillow asking rent, ACS gross rent and HUD FMR describe different housing universes. They remain separate and no metro, city or neighboring-county value replaces missing county evidence.Zillow pulled 2026-07-26 · HUD pulled 2026-07-26
Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.
Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.
Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.
Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-08-02. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.
BEA per-capita personal income divides all personal income by the county population. It is broader than wages, but it is not household income or a measure of what renters can afford.
HUD CHAS separates renter households by income relative to local HAMFI. Moderate burden means housing costs above 30% through 50% of income; severe burden means more than 50%.
These Apartment List observations match the exact county Census code 26163. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Wayne County presents a yield-versus-exit-liquidity tension. In Zillow’s 2026-06 county observation, the median home value was $181,365, median asking rent was $1,423 per month, and the stated gross yield was 9.42% before costs. This merits address-level investigation for buyers able to verify operating costs, but caution for buyers relying on appreciation or quick resale. Zillow’s value rose 1.49% year over year; FHFA’s separately labeled 2025 annual repeat-transaction HPI rose 5.27%. These directionally positive readings use different vintages and methods and are neither a common interval nor a blended growth rate.
The published asking rent is measured market evidence and is separate from HUD’s $1,411 two-bedroom Fair Market Rent, which is a payment standard rather than an estimate of local asking rent. The 1.63% effective property-tax rate makes carrying costs material against the stated gross yield; county medians cannot set a parcel’s assessment or tax bill. Taxes, insurance, vacancy, repairs, and financing terms are not published here, so the record cannot establish net yield or debt coverage.
Realtor.com’s MLS listing-market evidence shows 4,370 active listings, up 15.93% year over year, with 15.25% of listings price reduced and longer marketing time. These are visible asking-market supply, seller-concession, and marketing-time measures—not closed-sale prices or proof of buyer demand alone. Tax-return moves were net negative by 4,463 households, while outbound movers had higher average income than inbound movers. Investor mortgages accounted for 12.39% of 16,361 purchases: participation is real, but non-occupants did not comprise the whole purchase market. Together, the movement and buyer data require submarket tenant-depth and owner-demand checks.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard, while modeled annual climate loss is 0.09% of building value; that county-level model neither maps a property’s exposure nor gives an insurance quote. Trade, transportation, and utilities is QCEW’s largest disclosed private supersector, but QCEW is annual covered employment at county workplaces, not resident employment, unemployment, or a forecast. Obtain parcel flood-zone and elevation data, loss history, insurance quotes, unit-specific rent comps, operating statements, financing terms, and closed-sale comps. Without them, flood cost, net cash flow, and resale underwriting remain unresolved.
This view uses 12 direct Zillow ZIP markets matched to Census ZCTAs. Each ZIP is assigned by its largest HUD residential county share; this is not an exhaustive county inventory.
Across the 12 selected direct-evidence ZIPs assigned to Wayne County, Zillow ZORI—a typical observed asking-rent index—runs from $1,217 to $1,736, a $519 spread, with a $1,329 median. The selected-set median sits below the county ZORI of $1,423. The renter’s decision question is which benchmark governs a specific search: a current observed asking-rent index, a survey estimate for occupied rental units, or a bedroom-specific administrative standard. The spread is useful for framing a target budget, but it is not a complete inventory of available units or leases.
Keep the three evidence systems separate. ACS five-year ZCTA median gross rents range from $914 to $1,315 in the displayed records, against $1,132 for the county. Those estimates describe survey-reported gross rent in occupied units and should not be substituted for current ZORI. HUD’s FY 2026 two-bedroom FMR ranges from $1,170 to $1,420; it is a program administration standard rather than an asking-rent observation. The direct ZORI-to-HUD comparison ranges from 90.1% to 125.8%, which signals that unit size, payment rules, and program eligibility must be checked before treating either figure as a usable payment target.
ACS burden and vacancy form a separate trade-off rather than a ZIP ranking. The share of renters spending 30% or more of income on rent ranges from 39.7% to 65.8%, compared with 54.4% countywide, while ACS vacancy ranges from 4.9% to 22.7%, against 12.5% countywide. The minimum burden and minimum vacancy happen to appear in the same selected record. That coincidence does not justify treating low vacancy as evidence of high observed asks or higher burden. Read lower vacancy as less slack in a survey stock measure, not proof of current listing availability; read high burden as a household affordability warning, not a measure of property price. Current ZORI budget screens and five-year ACS income and burden measures should be evaluated separately, with no causal inference from vacancy to rent.
Coverage and geography limit what can be concluded. The 12 displayed ZIP matches are drawn from 52 eligible direct-ZORI matches and cover 92,760 renter households, so they are not an exhaustive countywide or subcounty rental-market inventory. The county display uses HUD’s largest residential-address-share crosswalk assignment; every shown record has a 100% primary county share, but postal delivery ZIP boundaries can still differ from the Census ZCTA used for ACS estimates. In Wayne County, a postal label and its paired ZCTA should therefore be read as an analytical match, not identical geography. Before deciding on a property, verify the live advertised rent, bedroom count, utilities and fees, concessions, deposit, lease term, availability date, income rules, and whether the listing is compatible with any relevant program requirements.
52 ZIP profiles passed the county gate; the 12 with the most renter households are shown.
| ZIP / ZCTA | Zillow asking rent | ACS gross rent | HUD 2BR | Burden 30%+ | Vacancy | Income screen | HUD county share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48228 | $1,244 | $1,109 | $1,230 | 61.4% | 17.6% | $50k | 100.0% |
| 48185 | $1,280 | $1,166 | $1,420 | 45.2% | 5.4% | $51k | 100.0% |
| 48235 | $1,288 | $1,169 | $1,330 | 57.7% | 12.4% | $52k | 100.0% |
| 48207 | $1,370 | $1,108 | $1,330 | 48.0% | 13.7% | $55k | 100.0% |
| 48219 | $1,315 | $1,079 | $1,370 | 65.8% | 13.5% | $53k | 100.0% |
| 48180 | $1,482 | $1,101 | $1,210 | 39.7% | 4.9% | $59k | 100.0% |
| 48201 | $1,495 | $914 | $1,250 | 50.0% | 20.4% | $60k | 100.0% |
| 48126 | $1,736 | $1,315 | $1,380 | 61.3% | 9.3% | $69k | 100.0% |
| 48227 | $1,320 | $1,034 | $1,220 | 57.3% | 22.3% | $53k | 100.0% |
| 48205 | $1,338 | $1,215 | $1,300 | 57.3% | 22.7% | $54k | 100.0% |
| 48224 | $1,339 | $1,224 | $1,360 | 63.2% | 16.1% | $54k | 100.0% |
| 48234 | $1,217 | $1,015 | $1,170 | 57.4% | 18.0% | $49k | 100.0% |
Open a five-digit report for asking rent, affordability, rent history and resale liquidity. Each row keeps its ZIP/ZCTA measurement scope.
| ZIP report | City label | Zillow rent | 1Y change | ACS burden 30%+ | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP 48226 rental reportWayne County | Detroit, MI | $1,921 | ▼ 1.7% | 43.4% | 6,831 |
| ZIP 48185 rental reportWayne County | Westland, MI | $1,280 | ▲ 3.5% | 45.2% | 48,530 |
| ZIP 48228 rental reportWayne County | Detroit, MI | $1,244 | ▲ 2.0% | 61.4% | 50,117 |
Zillow ZORI is an asking-rent index. ACS burden and population describe the Census ZCTA; missing observations remain n/a.
Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.
Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.
0.086% of building value expected lost per year
$2,904 median annual bill
28,402 in · 32,865 out
$56,815 arriving · $68,455 leaving
2,027 of 16,361 mortgages
Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.
A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.
| County | Population | Price | Rent | Yield | Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne County | 1,772,259 | $181k | $1,423 | 9.4% | inland flooding |
| Oakland County | 1,279,825 | $376k | $1,733 | 5.5% | inland flooding |
| Macomb County | 879,853 | $275k | $1,412 | 6.2% | inland flooding |
| Livingston County | 195,833 | $407k | $2,032 | 6.0% | inland flooding |
| St. Clair County | 160,221 | $264k | $1,054 | 4.8% | inland flooding |
| Lapeer County | 88,837 | $300k | $1,355 | 5.4% | inland flooding |
Yes. It publishes median asking rent and separately identifies HUD Fair Market Rent as a two-bedroom payment standard.
No. FHFA is a repeat-transaction appreciation index, while Zillow reports a median home value; their supplied periods and methods differ.
No. The record defines QCEW as annual covered employment at workplaces in the county, not resident employment, unemployment, or a forecast.