What is the population of Eastpointe city?

Eastpointe city has 34,003 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 745 in Michigan.

What is the median household income in Eastpointe city?

Median household income in Eastpointe city is $58,196 a year, 25.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eastpointe city?

Median gross rent is $1,335 a month and the median home value is $129,100, so rent absorbs about 27.5% of median household income.

Is Eastpointe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eastpointe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Eastpointe, MI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Eastpointe, Michigan (Eastpointe, MI — Census place “Eastpointe city”) is 34,003 residents, ranking #33 of 745 places in Michigan. Median household income is $58,196, the median home is worth $129,100 and median gross rent runs $1,335 a month. Looking for the Eastpointe Michigan ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Eastpointe, MI: 48021.

Population: 34,003Eastpointe city residents
Median household income: $58,196Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $129,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,335Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.9%Owner-occupied households

Eastpointe ZIP codes (Michigan)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Eastpointe.

The Eastpointe MI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

48021

What the numbers mean in Eastpointe city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Eastpointe city median would spend about 27.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.2% of residents and 68.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Eastpointe city, MI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Eastpointe city is a small city in Michigan, with 34,003 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #33 of 745 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Eastpointe city earn a median of $58,196 a year, 25.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $61,715 median for the 438 Michigan cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Eastpointe city is valued at $129,100, 57.4% below the national figure and 22% below the $166,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,335 a month, 5% below the national figure, or roughly $16,020 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Eastpointe city?: Eastpointe city has 34,003 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 745 in Michigan.
What is the median household income in Eastpointe city?: Median household income in Eastpointe city is $58,196 a year, 25.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Eastpointe city?: Median gross rent is $1,335 a month and the median home value is $129,100, so rent absorbs about 27.5% of median household income.
Is Eastpointe city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Eastpointe city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Eastpointe city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.