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Population in July 2007: 916,952. Population change since 2000: -3.4%
 

Males: 448,319  (47.1%)
Females: 502,951  (52.9%)

Wayne County

Median resident age:  30.9 years
Michigan median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 48201, 48202, 48204, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48208, 48209, 48210, 48211, 48213, 48214, 48215, 48216, 48217, 48219, 48221, 48223, 48224, 48226, 48227, 48228, 48234, 48235, 48238, 48242.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,069 (it was $29,526 in 2000)
Detroit  $28,069
Michigan:  $46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $88,300 (it was $63,600 in 2000)
Detroit  $88,300
Michigan:  $149,300

Median gross rent in 2005: $675.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 31.4%
(25.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 32.4% for Black residents, 22.7% for Hispanic or Latino residents)

Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip codes: 48201, 48202, 48203, 48204, 48205, 48206, 48207, 48208, 48209, 48210, 48211, 48213, 48214, 48215, 48216, 48217, 48219, 48221, 48223, 48224, 48226, 48227, 48228, 48234, 48235, 48238.

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Gallagher Security, Inc.
Amolod, Inc. (a matter of life or death)
Ron's Restoration Services

Races in Detroit:

  • Black (81.6%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (10.5%)
  • Hispanic (5.0%)
  • Other race (2.5%)
  • Two or more races (2.3%)
  • American Indian (0.9%)

2008 cost of living index in Detroit: 89.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Polish (2.0%), German (1.8%), Subsaharan African (1.8%), Irish (1.5%), United States (1.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 600 feet

Land area: 138.8 square miles.

Population density: 6634 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Detroit

  • High school or higher: 69.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
  • Unemployed: 13.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Detroit city

  • Never married: 43.6%
  • Now married: 31.2%
  • Separated: 4.2%
  • Widowed: 8.3%
  • Divorced: 12.7%

45,541 residents are foreign born (2.1% Latin America, 1.6% Asia, 0.6% Europe).

This city:  4.8%
Michigan:  5.3%



According to our research there were 1776 registered sex offenders living in Detroit, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Detroit to the number of sex offenders is 518 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is near the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,368 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $935 (1.2%)

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Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (316.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Highland Park, MI (1.1 miles ), Hamtramck, MI (3.2 miles ), Hazel Park, MI (5.0 miles ), Ferndale, MI (5.4 miles ), Pleasant Ridge, MI (6.5 miles ), Oak Park, MI (7.7 miles ), Madison Heights, MI (7.9 miles ), Huntington Woods, MI (8.0 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1997: 74 buildings, average cost: $116,700
  • 1998: 79 buildings, average cost: $203,500
  • 1999: 158 buildings, average cost: $116,800
  • 2000: 72 buildings, average cost: $169,400
  • 2001: 56 buildings, average cost: $94,200
  • 2002: 184 buildings, average cost: $155,800
  • 2003: 382 buildings, average cost: $110,600
  • 2004: 350 buildings, average cost: $126,900
  • 2005: 277 buildings, average cost: $132,000
  • 2006: 249 buildings, average cost: $134,300
  • 2007: 154 buildings, average cost: $127,700

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Latitude: 42.39 N, Longitude: 83.10 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -659 (-0.1%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 154,933 (48.5%)


People in group quarters in Detroit
  • 5253 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4597 people in nursing homes
  • 2166 people in state prisons
  • 1868 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 1084 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 956 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 772 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 648 people in other group homes
  • 485 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 353 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 258 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 182 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 156 people in religious group quarters
  • 142 people in unknown juvenile institutions
  • 121 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 121 people in military hospitals or wards for chronically ill
  • 110 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
  • 106 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
  • 98 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
  • 92 people in federal prisons and detention centers
  • 68 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 41 people in other types of correctional institutions
  • 39 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
  • 24 people in halfway houses
  • 23 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
  • 22 people in crews of maritime vessels
  • 17 people in homes for the physically handicapped
  • 16 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
  • 4 people in military ships

Area codes: 313, 810, 248, 734

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Population change in the 1990s: -77,406 (-7.5%).

Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  14.4%
Michigan:  7.0%


Unemployment by year (%)


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Most common industries for males in 2005:



  • Transportation equipment (13%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Public administration (4%)


Most common industries for females in 2005:



  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)


Most common occupations for males in 2005:



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females in 2005:



  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (3%)


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Crime in Detroit by Year

Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders 415396395402366385354418383
    per 100,000 42.640.741.341.839.442.139.347.344.5
Rapes 790811652708814719589593344
    per 100,000 81.083.468.273.687.778.665.467.040.0
Robberies 7,8237,8687,0966,2885,8175,4516,8207,2406,574
    per 100,000 802.3809.1742.0653.6627.0596.2757.0818.6763.6
Assaults 12,94813,03712,80412,54211,7279,35813,47713,14312,382
    per 100,000 1328.01340.71338.91303.81264.01023.51495.91486.01438.1
Burglaries 18,27815,82815,09614,39914,10012,20215,30418,13417,745
    per 100,000 1874.61627.71578.61496.81519.81334.51698.72050.32061.0
Thefts 34,53731,92929,61326,83925,35320,64017,38321,28720,892
    per 100,000 3542.23283.63096.72790.02732.72257.31929.42406.82426.6
Auto thefts 26,77025,89224,53723,85725,35624,57321,28522,91719,604
    per 100,000 2745.62662.72565.92480.02733.02687.52362.62591.12277.0
Arson 2,1212,0151,6342,4291,7441,734936859755
    per 100,000 217.5207.2170.9252.5188.0189.6103.997.187.7
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 1148.81117.41067.21014.11024.3929.41042.31138.01061.1

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 3,509 (3,164 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  3.44
US city average:  3.00

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Detroit-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Michigan state average. It is 50% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/4/1957, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.3 miles away from the Detroit city center injured 6 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/12/1956, a category 4 tornado 11.7 miles away from the city center injured 22 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: Charles Lindbergh, Alice Cooper - (born 1948), rock and roll singer, John De Lorean, Carl Levin - (born 1934), politician, Quincy Watts - (born 1970), athlete, Lily Tomlin - (born 1939), comedian, Diana Ross - (born 1944), musician, Fresno, California, Francis Ford Coppola - (born 1939), filmmaker, Kevin Nash - (born 1959), professional wrestler.


Main business address for: COMPUWARE CORP (SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE), DETROIT EDISON SECURITIZATION FUNDING LLC (ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES), COMERICA INC /NEW/ (NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS), MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED GAS CO /MI/ (NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION), GENERAL MOTORS CORP (MOTOR VEHICLES & PASSENGER CAR BODIES), CARACO PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES LTD (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS), GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP (FINANCE LESSORS), CATUITY INC (SERVICES-COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SERVICES) and 3 other public companies.


Hospitals/medical centers in Detroit:
  • CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN (3901 BEAUBIEN)
  • DETROIT REC HOSP & UNIV HLTH CENTER (4201 ST ANTOINE)
  • HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (3990 JOHN R STREET)
  • HENRY FORD HOSPITAL (2799 W GRAND BLVD)
  • HORIZON HEALTHCARE, INC (3737 HUMBOLDT)
  • KINDRED HOSPITAL - METRO DETROIT (2700 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD)
  • REHABILITATION INSTITUTE (261 MACK BLVD)
  • RENAISSANCE HOSP AND MED CENTERS (801 VIRGINIA PARK)
  • SCCI HOSPITAL - DETROIT (15000 GRATIOT)
  • SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL - NW DETROIT (6071 WEST OUTER DRIVE)
  • SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL (6071 W OUTER DR)
  • ST JOHN DETROIT RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL (7733 E JEFFERSON)
  • ST JOHN HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CTR (22101 MOROSS RD)
  • ST JOHN NORTHEAST COMM HOSPITAL (4777 E OUTER DRIVE)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Detroit:
  • DETROIT CITY (about 8 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DET)
  • DETROIT METROPOLITAN WAYNE COUNTY (about 22 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: DTW)
  • OAKLAND COUNTY INTERNATIONAL (about 29 miles; PONTIAC, MI; ID: PTK)
Other public-use airports nearest to Detroit:
  • COBO HALL (about 7 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: 84G)
  • OAKLAND/TROY (about 11 miles; TROY, MI; ID: 7D2)
  • BERZ-MACOMB (about 21 miles; DETROIT, MI; ID: UIZ)

Amtrak station:
DETROIT (11 W. BALTIMORE AVE.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Local government website: www.ci.detroit.mi.us

Biggest Colleges/Universities in Detroit:
  • WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 20,389; Location: 656 W KIRBY; Public; Website: www.wayne.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • MARYGROVE COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 5,301; Location: 8425 W MCNICHOLS RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.marygrove.edu; Offers Master's degree)
  • WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (FT enrollment: 4,414; Location: 801 W FORT ST; Public)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY (FT enrollment: 4,119; Location: 4001 W McNichols Rd; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.udmercy.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES COLLEGE OF ART AND DES (FT enrollment: 994; Location: 201 E KIRBY; Private, not-for-profit; Website: CCSCAD.EDU)
  • LEWIS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS (FT enrollment: 214; Location: 17370 MEYERS RD; Private, not-for-profit; Website: 207.91.252.4/lewis)
  • SACRED HEART MAJOR SEMINARY (FT enrollment: 200; Location: 2701 CHICAGO BLVD; Private, not-for-profit; Offers Master's degree)
  • MICHIGAN BARBER SCHOOL INC (FT enrollment: 106; Location: 8988-90 GRAND RIVER; Private, not-for-profit)
  • JTPA SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NURSING (FT enrollment: 100; Location: 735 GRISWOLD ST; Public)
  • CENTER FOR HUMANISTIC STUDIES (FT enrollment: 74; Location: 40 E FERRY AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.humanpsych.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • SER BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 19; Location: 9301 MICHIGAN AVE; Private, not-for-profit)
  • DETROIT HEALTH DEPARTMENT NUTRITION DIVISION (FT enrollment: 6; Location: 1151 TAYLOR; Public)
  • KRAINZ WOODS ACADEMY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY TECH (Location: 4327 E SEVEN MILE RD; Private, for-profit)
  • QUALITY CAREER SKILLS LABORATORIES INC (Location: 1763 E 7 MILE RD; Private, not-for-profit)
  • PRIVATE VENTURES INC (Location: 2051 Rosa Parks Blvd; Private, for-profit)
  • US TRUCK DRIVING TRAINING SCHOOL (Location: 4195 CENTRAL AVE; Private, for-profit)
  • SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL AND MED CTR SCH OF RAD TECHN (Location: 22101 MOROSS RD; Private, not-for-profit)
  • BYRONS SCHOOL OF FLORAL ARTS (Location: 11851 WOODWARD; Private, for-profit)
  • HENRY FORD HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF RADIOLOGIC TECHN (Location: 2799 W GRAND BLVD; Private, not-for-profit)
  • JOWA SECURITY TRAINING INSTITUTE (Location: 1575 E LAFAYETTE STE 200; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Detroit:
  • LAWRENCE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; SOUTHFIELD, MI; Full-time enrollment: 2,479)
  • HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles; DEARBORN, MI; FT enrollment: 6,572)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN (about 12 miles; DEARBORN, MI; FT enrollment: 5,574)
  • MACOMB COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 12 miles; WARREN, MI; FT enrollment: 11,057)
  • DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY-EASTERN REGION-DEARBORN (about 12 miles; DEARBORN, MI; FT enrollment: 2,247)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-DETROIT CAMPUS (about 15 miles; TROY, MI; FT enrollment: 2,090)
  • OAKLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-BLOOMFIELD HILLS CAMPUS (about 17 miles; BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI; FT enrollment: 11,634)
Biggest public high schools in Detroit:
  • DENBY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,364; Location: 12800 KELLY ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • CASS TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,195; Location: 2421 SECOND AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • PERSHING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,055; Location: 18875 RYAN ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • OSBORN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 2,026; Location: 11600 E. 7 MILE ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • CODY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,969; Location: 18445 CATHEDRAL STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • MUMFORD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,929; Location: 17525 WYOMING STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • REDFORD HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,873; Location: 21431 GRAND RIVER AVENUE; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • KING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,838; Location: 3200 E. LAFAYETTE STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
  • SOUTHEASTERN HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,814; Location: 3030 FAIRVIEW STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • FINNEY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,811; Location: 17200 SOUTHAMPTON STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Biggest private high schools in Detroit:
  • UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT JESUIT H (Students: 912; Location: 8400 SOUTH CAMBRIDGE; Grades: 7 - 12; Boys only)
  • ST MARTIN DE PORRES HIGH SCH (Students: 370; Location: 13436 GROVE AVE; Grades: 9 - 12)
  • BENEDICTINE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 346; Location: 8001 WEST OUTER DRIVE; Grades: 9 - 12)
  • DETROIT URBAN LUTHERAN SCHOOL (Students: 330; Location: 8181 GREENFIELD; Grades: KG - 12)
  • DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL AND ACAD (Students: 224; Location: 9740 MCKINNEY AVE; Grades: 6 - 12; Girls only)
  • AL-IKHLAS TRAINING ACADEMY (Students: 193; Location: 4001 MILLER ST; Grades: PK - 12)
  • HOLY REDEEMER H S (Students: 183; Location: 5668 BAKER; Grades: 9 - 12)
  • LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 160; Location: 15325 PINEHURST; Grades: 9 - 12; Boys only)
  • WESTSIDE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 158; Location: 9540 BRAMMEL; Grades: PK - 12)
  • EAST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 136; Location: 7320 ST ANTHONY PL; Grades: 9 - 12)
Biggest public elementary/middle schools in Detroit:
  • DETROIT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (Students: 2,254; Location: 2985 E. JEFFERSON AVENUE; Grades: KG - 12)
  • GOODALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,352; Location: 9860 PARK DRIVE; Grades: PK - 05)
  • BARBOUR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,186; Location: 4209 SENECA STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • YMCA SERVICE LEARNING ACADEMY (Students: 1,145; Location: 21605 W. 7 MILE ROAD; Grades: KG - 08)
  • EDISON PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY (Students: 1,109; Location: 950 SELDEN STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
  • EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,086; Location: 18240 HUNTINGTON ROAD; Grades: PK - 08)
  • BRENDA SCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,073; Location: 18400 HOOVER; Grades: 07 - 08)
  • HEILMANN PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 1,069; Location: 19035 CRUSADE; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • STELLWAGEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,051; Location: 11450 E. OUTER DRIVE; Grades: PK - 06)
  • WINTERHALTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 1,026; Location: 12121 BROADSTREET AVENUE; Grades: PK - 08)
Biggest private elementary/middle schools in Detroit:
  • CORNERSTONE SCHOOL (Students: 657; Location: 6861 EAST NEVADA; Grades: PK - 8)
  • GESU ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 584; Location: 17139 OAK DRIVE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • ST MARY OF REDFORD ELEMENTARY (Students: 392; Location: 14751 MANSFIELD; Grades: KG - 8)
  • ST SCHOLASTICA ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 323; Location: 17351 SOUTHFIELD ROAD; Grades: KG - 8)
  • ST JUDE SCHOOL (Students: 321; Location: 15865 E SEVEN MILE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • CHRIST THE KING ELEMENTARY SCH (Students: 312; Location: 16800 TRINITY STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
  • TRANSFIGURATION ACADEMY HOLY F (Students: 305; Location: 13300 SYRACUSE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • CORNERSTONE PRIMARY LINWOOD CA (Students: 300; Location: 9333 LINWOOD; Grades: PK - 5)
  • ST BARTHOLOMEW ELEMENTARY (Students: 285; Location: 20001 WEXFORD; Grades: 1 - 8)
  • ST CECILIA SCHOOL (Students: 278; Location: 6327 BURLINGAME; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Detroit:
  • DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $44,921,755; Location: 5201 WOODWARD AVENUE; 2,921,485 books; 107,409 audio materials; 27,009 video materials; 7,134 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
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Notable locations in Detroit: Memorial Park Marina (A), Brow Marina (B), Cadillac Square (C), Keans Detroit Yacht Harbor (D), Rouge Golf Course (E), Detroit Boat Club (F), Detroit Golf Club (G), Detroit Yacht Club (H), William Livingstone Memorial Light (I), Redford Municipal Golf Course (J), City of Detroit Launching Ramps (K), Saint Gilbert Terminal (L), Union Station (M), Cobo Hall (N), Peche Island Light (O), Bonnie Brook Golf Course (P), Fishermans Marina (Q), Rosstertial Marina (R), Crib Light (S), Lasky Recreation Center (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Church in Detroit: Saint Paul Monastery (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Gethsemane Cemetery (1), Redford Cemetery (2), Grand Lawn Cemetery (3), Betholem Cemetery (4), Woodmere Cemetery (5), Woodlawn Cemetery (6), Holy Cross Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes: Muskoday, Lake (A), Okonoka, Lake (B), Blue Heron Lagoon (C), Tacoma, Lake (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ashcroft-Sherwood Drain (A), Rouge, River (B), Upper River Rouge (C), Fox Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Detroit include: Mallett Playground (1), Chandler Park (2), Patton Memorial Park (3), Dorals Playground (4), Wigle Memorial Playground (5), Nardin Park (6), Doan Playground (7), Chene Park (8), Wilson Playground (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Tourist attractions: Detroit City - Historical Department- Historic Fort Wayne (Museums; 5401 Woodward Avenue) (1), Detroit Hydroplane Museum (2121 Franklin Street) (2), Dearborn Historical Museum (915 South Brady Road) (3), Detroit Historical Museums (1460 East Jefferson Avenue) (4), Bullock Edwards & Associates (Museums; 2648 West Grand Boulevard) (5), Dossin Great Lakes Museum (Strand Drive) (6), Charles H Wright Museum of African American Histry (315 East Warren Avenue) (7), Detroit Historical Society (Museums; 5401 Woodward Avenue) (8), Curtis Museum Inc (14022 West McNichols Road) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map

Hotels: Corktown Inn (1331 Trumbull Street) (1), Clark's Motel (900 Clairmount Street) (2), Days Inn of Downtown Detroit (3250 East Jefferson Avenue) (3), Crowne Plaza Detroit-Pontchartrain (2 Washington Boulevard) (4), Detroit Boulevard Hotel (2933 2nd Avenue) (5), Econo Lodge Detroit (17729 Telegraph Road) (6), Courtyard by Marriott Detroit Downtown (333 East Jefferson Avenue Ofc 4TH) (7), Courtyard-Detroit Downtown (333 E Jefferson Ave) (8), Comfort Inn Downtown (1999 East Jefferson Avenue) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map

Courts: Michigan State - Recorder's Court- Frank Murphy Hall Of Justice- Recorder's Court Ju (1441 Saint Antoine) (1), Attorney Discipline Board (211 West Fort Street Suite 1410) (2), Michigan State - Judicial Tenure Commission (3044 West Grand Boulevard) (3), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Criminal Division- Youngblood Carole F (704 Frank Murphy Hall Of) (4), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Friend Of The Court- Family Counseling Media (710 Woodward Heights) (5), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Administration- Criminal Division (901 Frank Murphy Hall) (6), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Administration- Records (LL61 Coleman A Young Muni) (7), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Circuit Court Judges- Chief Judge Kenny Timot (501 Frank Murphy Hall Of) (8), Wayne County - Circuit Court- Civil Division- Columbo Jr Robert J (1101 Woodward Heights) (9). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map

 

Air pollution trends in Detroit

Pollutant: Carbon Monoxide 2nd Max at 4 sites: 2.0 ppm in 2005 (it was 3.0 ppm in 2000, 4.3 ppm in 1990).
Pollutant: Nitrogen Dioxide Annual Mean at 2 sites: 0.018 ppm in 2005 (it was 0.021 ppm in 2000, 0.021 ppm in 1990).
Pollutant: Ozone 4th Max at 7 sites: 0.083 ppm in 2005 (it was 0.076 ppm in 2000, 0.083 ppm in 1990).
Pollutant: Ozone 2nd Max at 7 sites: 0.102 ppm in 2005 (it was 0.092 ppm in 2000, 0.100 ppm in 1990).
Pollutant: Particulate Matter (PM10) Weighted Annual Mean at 3 sites: 31.9 µ/m3 in 2005 (it was 35.3 µ/m3 in 2000, 39.3 µ/m3 in 1990).
Pollutant: Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Weighted Annual Mean at 10 sites: 16.0 µ/m3 in 2005 (it was 16.0 µ/m3 in 2000).
Pollutant: Lead: 0.02 µ/m3 in 2005 (it was 0.03 µ/m3 in 2000, 0.04 µ/m3 in 1990).
Pollutant: Sulfur Oxides Annual Mean at 5 sites: 0.0049 ppm in 2005 (it was 0.0053 ppm in 2000, 0.0085 ppm in 1990).



Drinking water stations with addresses in Detroit and their reported violations in the past:

US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK (Population served: 2000, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DEPAUL (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Detroit that have no violations reported:
  • HOWELL NATURE CENTER-GRINDLEY (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • HOWELL NATURE CTR-SNOW/WOOD (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • HOWELL NATURE CENTER-KNOLL (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • HOWELL NATURE CENTER-WILDWINGS (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • HOWELL NATURE CENTER-LAKEVIEW (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
  • INLAND WATERS INCORPORATED (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.8 people
Michigan:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  64.9%
Whole state:  68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  7.0%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Detroit compared to Michigan state average:

Detroit, Michigan environmental map by EPA

Map Legend

  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Arenas or stadiums:
  • Ford Field. Capacity: 65,000. Detroit Lions.
  • Comerica Park. Capacity: 41,070. Detroit Tigers.
  • Joe Louis Arena. Detroit Red Wings (NHL).
  • Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum. Wayne State University.
Banks with most branches in Detroit (2007 data):
  • Comerica Bank: 29 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $58,543.3 mil, Deposits: $45,884.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 390 total offices, Holding Company: Comerica Incorporated
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: 24 branches. Info updated 2006-12-27: Bank assets: $1,179,390.0 mil, Deposits: $650,614.0 mil, headquarters in Columbus, OH, positive income, International Specialization, 3113 total offices, Holding Company: Jpmorgan Chase & Co.
  • LaSalle Bank Midwest National Association: 19 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $49,751.5 mil, Deposits: $25,446.0 mil, headquarters in Troy, MI, positive income, 269 total offices, Holding Company: Abn Amro Holding N.V.
  • Charter One Bank, National Association: 12 branches. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $45,991.8 mil, Deposits: $21,276.3 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, 503 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
  • National City Bank: 9 branches. Info updated 2006-09-27: Bank assets: $134,344.8 mil, Deposits: $86,955.0 mil, headquarters in Cleveland, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1347 total offices, Holding Company: National City Corporation
  • First Independence Bank: at 44 Michigan Avenue, 7 Mile Branch, Greektown Branch, Mack/Alter Branch, Livernois-Hebert Branch. Info updated 2007-01-22: Bank assets: $244.9 mil, Deposits: $147.7 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: First Independence Corporation
  • Home Federal Savings Bank: 13300 W. Seven Mile Branch, 550 E Warren Branch, at 9108 Woodward Ave. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $23.2 mil, Deposits: $21.1 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 3 total offices
  • Fifth Third Bank: Detroit Eastside Banking Center Bran at 14820 Gratiot, branch established on 2005-01-31; Detroit East Jefferson Banking Cente at 3201 East Jefferson, branch established on 2004-12-27. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $48,441.3 mil, Deposits: $39,126.0 mil, headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 751 total offices, Holding Company: Fifth Third Bancorp
  • 6 other banks with 7 local branches



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Detroit travel time to work


Detroit mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Wayne County Michigan:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Elementary and Secondary - Instruction 47$172,821$44,1251$1,306
Other and Unallocable 632$2,188,039$41,5452$1,939
Local Libraries 363$1,166,143$38,55096$101,383
Elementary and Secondary - Other Total 22$51,632$28,16317$16,303
Transit 1592$4,867,594$36,6900$0
Electric Power 207$825,395$47,8490$0
Water Supply 1539$4,787,321$37,3280$0
Housing and Community Development(Local) 541$1,721,923$38,1940$0
Parks and Recreation 492$1,474,382$35,961265$235,857
Sewerage 932$3,443,895$44,3420$0
Solid Waste Management 271$608,394$26,9400$0
Health 438$1,470,114$40,2770$0
Welfare 224$825,238$44,2090$0
Airports 14$46,618$39,9580$0
Streets and Highways 403$1,362,454$40,5690$0
Fire - Other 378$1,344,049$42,6680$0
Firefighters 1186$5,243,731$53,0560$0
Police - Other 361$1,320,368$43,8900$0
Police Protection - Officers 3269$14,460,657$53,0830$0
Judicial and Legal 626$2,670,248$51,1870$0
Other Government Administration 621$2,661,795$51,4364$3,914
Financial Administration 346$1,404,925$48,7260$0
Totals for Government 14504$54,117,732$44,775385$360,704


Detroit government finances in 2004:
  • Charges - Air Transportation: $973,000
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,163,261,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $319,810,000
    All Other: $27,215,000
    Housing & Community Development: $21,548,000
    Parking Facilities: $20,383,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,793,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $4,883,000
    Regular Highways: $2,360,000
    Solid Waste Management: $573,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $534,000
  • Construction - Sewerage: $341,298,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education: $199,136,000
    Water Utilities: $143,128,000
    General: $130,521,000
    Regular Highways: $53,006,000
    Housing & Community Development: $23,942,000
    Parks & Recreation: $18,902,000
    Transit Utilities: $11,773,000
    Police Protection: $7,271,000
    Fire Protection: $2,069,000
    Parking Facilities: $893,000
    Health - Other: $682,000
    Air Transportation: $461,000
    Libraries: $129,000
    General Public Buildings: $9,000
  • Current Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $1,658,901,000
    General - Other: $544,646,000
    Police Protection: $474,474,000
    Transit Utilities: $192,185,000
    Sewerage: $182,984,000
    Water Utilities: $152,562,000
    Fire Protection: $150,678,000
    Health Services - Other: $114,094,000
    Regular Highways: $110,497,000
    Parks & Recreation: $107,062,000
    Housing & Community Development: $88,881,000
    Financial Administration: $84,380,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $73,903,000
    Central Staff Services: $54,620,000
    Libraries: $35,035,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $34,369,000
    Solid Waste Management: $32,117,000
    General Public Buildings: $15,973,000
    Parking Facilities: $12,295,000
    Air Transportation: $3,409,000
    Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $433,000
  • Employee Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $-1,352,003,296
    Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $650,414,000
    Total Other Securities: $458,309,000
    Interest Revenue: $443,976,000
    Benefit Payments: $357,289,000
    Total Federal Securities: $328,580,000
    Total Cash & Deposits: $297,912,000
    Other Investments - Other: $253,657,000
    From Local Government: $165,351,000
    Withdrawals: $144,203,000
    Securities - Mortgages: $106,929,000
    Local Employee Contribution: $34,608,000
  • Equipment Only - G12 Subcode: $69,705,000
    Transit Utilities: $17,660,000
    Sewerage: $13,113,000
    Water Utilities: $6,587,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $2,517,000
    Regular Highways: $2,288,000
    Health - Other: $1,458,000
    Libraries: $1,314,000
    Solid Waste Management: $212,000
    General Public Building: $117,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $135,456,000
    All Other: $127,405,000
    Education: $78,435,000
    Health & Hospitals: $25,424,000
    Transit Utilities: $23,161,000
    Air Transportation: $299,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $251,673,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $48,341,000
    General: $11,637,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $17,131,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,718,985,000
    Industrial Revenue: $1,000,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $1,580,087,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $-838,020,296
  • Long Term Debt Issue - Full Faith & Credit - Other NEC: $256,515,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $51,790,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Nonguaranteed - Other NEC: $297,602,000
    Water Utilities: $240,600,000
  • Long Term Debt Offsets - Full Faith & Credit: $68,420,000
    Nonguaranteed: $54,035,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $1,574,291,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $827,370,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $-1,434,709,296
    Water Utilities: $1,713,435,000
  • Long Term Debt Refunded - Retired: $103,845,000
    Issued: $103,845,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $83,770,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $57,586,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $246,150,000
    Other, NEC: $239,556,000
    Industrial Revenue: $1,000,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $102,333,000
    Fines & Forfeits: $28,258,000
    Interest Earnings: $25,034,000
    Property Sale Other: $16,161,000
    Rents: $5,045,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $151,336,000
    Transit Utilities: $17,660,000
    Sewerage: $13,164,000
    Water Utilities: $6,756,000
    Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $2,517,000
    Regular Highways: $2,288,000
    Health - Other: $1,458,000
    Libraries: $1,314,000
    Solid Waste Management: $212,000
    General Public Building: $117,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,177,979,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $255,417,000
    Transit Utilities: $24,713,000
  • Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $23,665,000
    End of Fiscal Year: $22,523,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $122,455,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Education: $1,349,004,000
    General Support: $305,010,000
    Highways: $74,171,000
    Transit Utilities: $66,185,000
    Health & Hospitals: $43,373,000
    All Other: $26,600,000
    Public Welfare: $61,000
  • Tax - Property: $400,221,000
    Individual Income: $317,484,000
    Other Selective Sales: $135,270,000
    Public Utilities: $50,777,000
    NEC: $4,133,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $1,916,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,817,582,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $80,728,000

3.29% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,925 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  3.29%
Michigan average:  5.24%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($748 average AGI)
Wayne County:  0.08%
Michigan average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Oakland County, MI  0.96% ($44,508 average AGI)
from Macomb County, MI  0.42% ($34,962)
from Washtenaw County, MI  0.31% ($39,054)


4.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,717 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.98%
Michigan average:  5.98%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($477 average AGI)
Wayne County:  0.05%
Michigan average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Oakland County, MI  1.30% ($44,191 average AGI)
to Macomb County, MI  0.74% ($35,752)
to Washtenaw County, MI  0.35% ($47,526)


Strongest AM radio stations in Detroit:
  • WWJ (950 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WQBH (1400 AM; 1 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: QUEEN'S BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WXYT (1270 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORP. OF DETROIT)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WDFN (1130 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCHB (1200 AM; 50 kW; TAYLOR, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WEXL (1340 AM; 1 kW; ROYAL OAK, MI; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • WXDX (1310 AM; 5 kW; DEARBORN, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WUFL (1030 AM; daytime; 5 kW; STERLING HEIGHTS, MI; Owner: FAMILY LIFE BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
  • WDEO (990 AM; 9 kW; YPSILANTI, MI; Owner: WORD BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
  • WNZK (690 AM; 3 kW; DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI; Owner: BIRACH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Detroit:
  • WDTR-FM (90.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF DETROIT)
  • WJLB (97.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WNIC (100.3 FM; DEARBORN, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WDET-FM (101.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WVMV (98.7 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMGC-FM (105.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WGPR (107.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: WGPR, INC.)
  • WCSX (94.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, MI; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WMXD (92.3 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WDTW (106.7 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WDVD (96.3 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WHPR-FM (88.1 FM; HIGHLAND PARK, MI; Owner: R.J.'S LATE NIGHT ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
  • WKRK-FM (97.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WYCD (99.5 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN)
  • WDTJ (105.9 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: RADIO ONE OF DETROIT, LLC)
  • WDRQ (93.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WRIF (101.1 FM; DETROIT, MI; Owner: GREATER