Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor is a leafy, progressive college town built around the University of Michigan, whose 30,000-plus employees and half-million-strong art fair define the city's rhythm. We read the house top to bottom and write it down.
Ann Arbor, house by house
University city of about 124,000 nicknamed Tree Town, where the University of Michigan campus, a dense downtown, and the Huron River shape daily life. On the record: Home of Michigan Stadium, the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere. Counts run to 117,070 residents in 46,497 or so households. The Michigan Central Railroad arrived in 1839, making Ann Arbor a regional transportation hub.
What the numbers say
Owner-occupancy sits at 45.6%, and 41.9% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 77.7%. A local landmark: Nichols Arboretum, a 123-acre university arboretum.
At 117,070 residents lots sit close, so attached garages, combustion appliances and exhaust paths are read as one system. Because owner-occupancy runs to 45.6%, ventilation and shared air paths between units are read before anything inside a single room.
What stands in Ann Arbor:
- Michigan Stadium (The Big House). University of Michigan stadium with an official capacity of 107,601, the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere and third-largest in the world.
- Nichols Arboretum. 123-acre 'Arb' on the Huron River whose Upjohn Peony Garden holds North America's largest heirloom peony collection.
- Ann Arbor Art Fair footprint. The nation's largest juried art fair, spreading nearly 1,000 artists across 30 downtown blocks each July for close to half a million visitors.
- Ann Arbor urban forest. More than 50,000 street trees and as many again in parks, the root of the 'Tree Town' nickname.
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens. University conservatory, display gardens, and trails paired with the Arboretum.
Where the addresses are
Inside Ann Arbor sits one named district, State Street District. State Street District: Downtown campus-edge shopping district and Art Fair anchor. Addresses fall in 48103, 48104, 48105, 48106, 48107, 48108, 48109 and 48113. Borders bookstore was founded in Ann Arbor in 1971 by brothers Tom and Louis Borders.