Healthy Home Assessments in Fraser

Fraser at ground level

Fraser is a 4.16 square mile suburb in Macomb County about 15 miles northeast of downtown Detroit, named for Detroit lawyer Alexander J. Frazer and home to 14,726 residents at the 2020 census. Also noted: City motto: A Centennial Community. Those residents occupy about 6,163 households. Early German settlers included George Fleischut, John Oehmke, Justus Wormsbacher, Christopher and Sophia Arnes, the Rattman family, and Fred Eberlein; Eberlein opened a blacksmith shop in 1856, the settlement's first business.

The building stock

By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 63.5% of units are detached single-family homes and 72.7% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 21.1%. The building record here reaches back to 1856, and an older envelope moves air and holds moisture on its own terms. A local landmark: Utica Road (the original 1851 plank road) as the spine of the old crossroads village.

With detached stock at 63.5%, the walkthrough establishes the building type first and reads the air handling against it.

What stands in Fraser:

• Hemme Barn. Historic barn preserved on the Baumgartner House museum grounds by the Fraser Historical Commission.
• The Depot. Preserved depot at Masonic and Kelly Road maintained by the Fraser Historical Commission.
• McKinley Barrier-Free Park. Barrier-free playground built in three phases by the Fraser First Booster Club for children and adults of all abilities.
• Steffens Park. City park near Fraser City Hall with planned additions of an amphitheater, splash pad, and walking path.

Streets and settlements

The 48026 ZIP code covers these addresses. The town was officially renamed McPhersonville in 1860, then switched back to Fraser in 1863.