Mold Removal Cost And Risk In ZIP 48116 MI

A typical professional mold job in ZIP 48116 runs about $1,500 to $6,000 before rebuild. Half the homes here were built before 1985, older than the Livingston County median of 1990.

1985Median year homes were built

43%Homes built before 1980

14%Homes rented, not owned

$355,800Median home value

$1,229Median gross rent

12,230Housing units

Neighborhood figures for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 48116 from Census ACS 2019 to 2023. Remediation pay in this metro is $22.30 an hour, BLS May 2025 wage survey.

43 percent of homes in 48116 went up before 1980. Older plumbing, roofs and window seals are where slow leaks start, and slow leaks are the mold most home policies leave out.

About 14 percent of homes here are rented, against 13 percent across Livingston County, so most households carry an owner's policy on the building.

The top of a typical mold job here, $6,000, is about 1.7 percent of the median home value of $355,800.

Typical Prices In 48116

Job	Size	National Range	48116 Estimate
Mold Remediation	a typical professional job	$1,500 to $6,000	$1,500 to $6,000
Mold Remediation	an attic	$2,000 to $7,500	$2,000 to $7,500
Mold Inspection and Testing	a visual inspection	$200 to $600	$200 to $600
Mold Inspection and Testing	an inspection with samples	$300 to $1,000	$300 to $1,000
Mold Inspection and Testing	a clearance test	$300 to $800	$300 to $800

Estimate is the national range times 100.3 divided by 100, the price level for Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, rounded to $50. National ranges from Remediational cost guide, price level from BEA Regional Price Parities 2024.

The standard limited fungi endorsement caps mold at $5,000. Against a typical job here of up to $6,000, that cap falls short by about $1,000 at the top of that range. Read the form