Taylor, MI

ZIP code 48180 is assigned to Taylor, MI, and falls within Wayne County. Like every US postal code, it began as a mail-routing device rather than a geographic boundary — the US Postal Service groups delivery routes under a single code so carriers and sorting equipment can process mail efficiently. Today it also serves as a practical shorthand for the area itself: roughly 62,405 people live inside it.

At 2,642 residents per square mile spread over 23.616 square miles, 48180 reads as a suburban area. It is one of the more heavily populated postal codes in the country, and density shapes almost everything else on this page — how people get to work, whether they own or rent, and what housing costs.

Household earnings run below the national median. At $59,537, 48180 sits in the lower half, ahead of 31% of them. The US median for comparison is $70,109. Bear in mind that median income describes the midpoint household, not the average — it is not pulled upward by a handful of very high earners the way a mean would be.

Housing in 48180 costs below the national median. A typical home is valued at $141,200 against a US median of $207,500, and median gross rent runs $1,036 a month. The split between owning and renting is fairly even at 65.8% owner-occupied, which tends to indicate a mix of housing types rather than one dominant form.

The building stock is dominated by detached single-family houses, which account for 78.8% of housing units here. The median construction year is 1963, making the housing here mid-century.

The population skews broadly in line with the national age profile, with a median age of 38.3 against 42 nationally. The average household holds 2.47 people, and 62.2% are family households.

Getting to work takes 24.3 minutes on average one way. The dominant mode is drove alone at 79.7% of workers.

Beyond addressing mail, 48180 does a lot of quiet administrative work. Retailers use it to calculate shipping and sales tax at checkout. Insurers use it to set premiums, since risk profiles vary geographically. Employers and marketers use it to define service areas. Government agencies use it to route benefits and organise reporting. If you have ever been asked for a postal code by a form that clearly does not intend to send you anything, this is why.

For anyone weighing a move, 48180 offers a compact profile of Taylor: 62,405 residents, a median household income of $59,537, 15.8% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher, and an unemployment rate of 7.0%. A handful of figures like these answer more relocation questions than most neighbourhood guides do.

One caution worth repeating: a postal code is not a neighbourhood. 48180 may cover parts of several distinct areas, and a single neighbourhood in Taylor may be split across more than one code. Boundaries also shift as USPS adjusts delivery routes. Treat the figures here as describing a delivery area, which is what they actually measure.