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Michigan·Wayne County
42 neighborhoods·638K people·$84K median·4,602/mi²
violent · property Part-I incidents per 1,000 residents/yr · Detroit PD reported, 2020–2021 · not official UCR · neighborhood comparison only. · Source: Crime Open Database (CODE), M. Ashby, CC BY 4.0.
Black 75 · White 11 · Hispanic 8 · Multiracial 3 · Asian 2 · Other 1
Living alone 43 · Other 38 · Married couple 19
Health 31 · Professional 26 · Manufacturing 15 · Retail 12 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 6 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 28 · Service 23 · Production · transport 23 · Sales · office 19 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 66 · Carpool 21 · Work from home 12 · Transit 5 · Walk 2 · Bike 0
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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| Neighborhood | Pop. | Home value |
|---|---|---|
| MorningSide | 31,536 | $98K |
| Ravendale | 23,046 | $59K |
| Bagley | 21,052 | $124K |
| Warrendale | 19,586 | $61K |
| Krainz Woods | 18,013 | $63K |
| Van Steuben | 15,171 | $60K |
| Fiskhorn | 15,118 | $53K |
| Riverdale | 14,186 | $87K |
The median home value in Detroit is $83,900 (Census ACS) — 0.2× the US median of $458,812.
Detroit has 638,530 residents across 273 census tracts and 58 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.2; the population is 75.0% Black, 10.8% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino, 3.4% Multiracial, 1.7% Asian and 0.8% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 18.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 32.7% (Census ACS).
Bates Academy (65%), Pembroke Academy (65%) and Edmonson Montessori (52%) lead the elementary schools; Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School (33%), Oakland International Academy 28 (30%) and Clippert Academy (27%) lead the middle schools; Detroit Public Safety Academy (50%), Detroit Leadership Academy High School (20%) and Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men (20%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,074/month, 32% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Detroit is $39,938 a year, 54% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Detroit, median rent is $1,074/month and the median home value is $83,900 (Census ACS).
Detroit reported 20.5 violent crimes and 47.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 81°F; winter lows average 23°F; there are 94 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 36 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Detroit are cold wave (83), heat wave (80) and strong wind (66), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Detroit, 2.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).