Healthy Home Assessments in Clawson

Reading a Clawson home

Small 2.2-square-mile city whose name is a misspelling of early settler John C. Lawson's surname, dating to the first post office of 1880. One local marker: Home of one of the region's oldest continuous Fourth of July celebrations, held since 1933. 5,417 households, 12,015 residents. Incorporated as a village on May 12, 1920, and as a city on June 12, 1940.

Homes and households

Of units counted in 2023, 74.0% are detached single-family homes and 73.6% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 44.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. With construction recorded from 1880, an older envelope behaves differently from new build. Also on the ground: Downtown Clawson's compact historic commercial district.

With detached stock at 74.0%, the walkthrough establishes the building type first and reads the air handling against it.

Local ground in Clawson:

• Clawson Historical Museum. 1919 Fisher family home dedicated as the city museum in 1976, with 11 rooms of 1920s artifacts and an archive of over 5,000 photographs.
• Clawson Fourth of July celebration. Depression-era tradition running since 1933, missed only once in wartime, famous regionally for the length and constant firing of its fireworks show.
• Downtown Clawson. Compact Main Street and 14 Mile business district in the 2.2-square-mile city.
• Clawson City Park. The city's largest park at 935 North Custer, with a turf football field, track, skate park, sand volleyball, and the Fourth of July festival grounds.
• Clawson parks and recreation. City parks and senior services programming across the park system.

Corners of the map

Mail runs through the 48017 ZIP code. Leon & Lulu operates inside a former roller-skating rink and deliberately kept the skates, scoreboard and floor markings as decor.