Zip lookup · MI

48081
Saint Clair Shores, Michigan.

Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, MI · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro · population 20,530

What it costs per month · 48081 $1,255/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$686 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $6,138 +3%
$232,883$239,021 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $50,057 +26%
$188,964$239,021 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 48081 $1,255 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 48081$1,255
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.

Typical home values in zip 48081 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Saint Clair Shores, MI — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,710 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $239,021 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Asking rent — 48081

Against the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro and the national benchmark.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 48081

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 48081 $239,021 Detroit $264,316 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 48081$239,021
  • Detroit$264,316
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.1 48066 Roseville 47,123 $1,268 $170,991
2.2 48080 Saint Clair Shores 21,561 $1,663 $218,831
2.3 48082 Saint Clair Shores 16,027 — $225,800
3.2 48021 Eastpointe 33,982 $1,467 $151,635
3.9 48026 Fraser 14,583 $1,450 $235,596
4.2 48225 Harper Woods 16,098 $1,366 $147,045
4.2 48035 Clinton Township 33,569 $1,364 $222,096
4.5 48088 Warren 22,991 $1,852 $238,638
4.9 48236 Grosse Pointe 31,435 $1,982 $404,812
5.2 48089 Warren 31,853 $1,315 $126,401
6.0 48205 Detroit 34,187 $1,276 $50,037
6.1 48093 Warren 25,014 $1,568 $219,232
6.2 48224 Detroit 39,668 $1,305 $79,229
6.6 48015 Center Line 8,463 $1,400 $167,054
6.7 48036 Clinton Township 22,538 $1,111 $259,210
7.1 48312 Sterling Heights 34,401 $1,491 $290,549
7.1 48043 Mount Clemens 15,429 $1,258 $172,724
7.5 48045 Harrison Township 24,061 $1,307 $279,648
7.8 48230 Grosse Pointe 17,174 $1,571 $496,982
7.9 48038 Clinton Township 44,422 $1,305 $288,666
8.3 48092 Warren 27,374 $1,741 $238,382
8.3 48091 Warren 30,696 $1,380 $154,211
8.3 48213 Detroit 20,075 $1,356 $43,447
8.4 48234 Detroit 32,760 $1,274 $52,022
8.8 48215 Detroit 10,322 — $91,043
8.8 48313 Sterling Heights 34,015 $1,577 $294,203
9.8 48310 Sterling Heights 43,354 $1,563 $314,282
9.9 48212 Hamtramck 43,384 $1,181 $128,138
10.1 48214 Detroit 18,595 $1,114 $91,894
10.4 48030 Hazel Park 14,963 $1,525 $154,149

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.