Healthy Home Assessments in Allen Park

Allen Park, house by house

Downriver Wayne County suburb dominated by owner-occupied single-family homes, best known to travelers for the giant tire along Interstate 94. Worth knowing: Home of the Uniroyal Giant Tire, the largest non-production scale model of a tire ever built. Roughly 27,425 residents live across about 10,956 households. Grew rapidly through the mid-20th century as an automotive-era suburb, with population above 37,000 by mid-century before settling to 28,638 in the 2020 census.

What the numbers say

Owner-occupancy sits at 86.2%, and 91.4% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 29.9%. Also on the ground: Detroit Lions Meijer Performance Center, the team's headquarters and practice complex.

With owner-occupancy at 86.2%, the report can follow moisture from the roofline down to the slab without stopping at a lease boundary.

Around Allen Park:

• Uniroyal Giant Tire. 80-foot tire beside I-94, built as a Ferris wheel for the 1964 New York World's Fair and reassembled in Allen Park in 1966; the largest non-production scale model of a tire ever built.
• Allen Park Historical Museum. Museum in a former fire station at 15504 Englewood Avenue with exhibits on local industry, schools, and community leaders.
• Allen Park Community Center. City activity center offering recreation programs, run by Parks and Recreation.
• Champaign Park. City park with tennis and pickleball courts, inline hockey rinks, picnic shelters, and a playground.
• Allen Park city parks system. Neighborhood parks including Community, Kennedy, Millward, Riel, and Brand parks.

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Mail runs through the 48101 ZIP code. The Uniroyal Giant Tire began as a 96-passenger Ferris wheel at the 1964 New York World's Fair, designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, the same firm behind the Empire State Building, and was reassembled in Allen Park in 1966 after shipping on 22 trucks.