Wayne County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Hamtramck
Hamtramck is a roughly two-square-mile city that sits as an enclave almost entirely surrounded by the city of Detroit in Wayne County. One visit covers the whole indoor environment.
Reading a Hamtramck home
Hamtramck sits in Wayne County, Michigan. Counts run to 22,002 residents in 6,148 or so households.
What the numbers say
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 59.0% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 57.1% of occupied units with their owners. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 18.0%. Building is recorded here from 1928. An older envelope handles air and moisture differently. Among the local landmarks: Hamtramck Disneyland, a whimsical kinetic folk-art installation built atop two garages by retired GM worker Dmytro Szylak, now a preserved public art attraction managed by Hatch Art.
Owner-occupancy of 57.1% means the walkthrough notes where a fix needs the building owner rather than the occupant.
What stands in Hamtramck:
- Hamtramck Stadium (Turkey Stearnes Field). One of roughly a dozen surviving Negro League ballparks; at least 16 Hall of Famers played here including Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson, and the field was renamed for Detroit Stars legend Turkey Stearnes in 2020.
- Paczki Day. Fat Tuesday celebration where Hamtramck holds the only annual Paczki Day parade in the United States and bakery lines form up to 24 hours ahead.
- Paczki Day Run. Annual city run held on Fat Tuesday as part of the citywide celebration.
Where the addresses are
Addresses fall in 48211 and 48212. Its Paczki Day celebration draws visitors from across metro Detroit to a city measured in just two square miles.