Macomb County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Eastpointe
Eastpointe is a dense inner-ring Detroit suburb of about 34,000 in southern Macomb County, straddling 8 Mile Road. One assessment, then a plan you can act on.
Reading a Eastpointe home
Eastpointe is an inner-ring Detroit suburb and bedroom community of about 34,000 residents that voted in 1992 to drop the name East Detroit and establish its own identity. Worth knowing: Gateway to Macomb County. Those residents occupy about 12,399 households. Residents voted to rename the city Eastpointe on July 1, 1992, seeking to associate with the affluent Grosse Pointes rather than Detroit.
Homes and households
By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 90.5% of units are detached single-family homes and 68.9% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 14.8%. With construction recorded from 1897, an older envelope behaves differently from new build. One landmark on the ground here: Cloverleaf Bar & Restaurant, 24443 Gratiot Avenue.
At 90.5% detached single-family construction the envelope is the building, so it is read as one system.
Named places in Eastpointe:
- Halfway Schoolhouse. 1872 one-room school at 15500 Nine Mile Road restored by the East Detroit Historical Society and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
- Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Museum. Military history museum at 16600 Stephens Road that opened in 2011 and preserves the stories of Michigan service members from WWI to the present.
- Cruisin' Gratiot. Annual classic car cruise held since 1999 on Gratiot Avenue between Eight Mile and 10 Mile roads on the Saturday before Father's Day.
- Spindler Park. City park that hosts the Music in the Park concert series on Wednesday nights.
Streets and settlements
Addresses fall in 48021. Joe Girard, recognized by Guinness as the 'World's Greatest Salesman, ' sold cars at Merollis Chevrolet in the city.