Healthy Home Assessments in Hazel Park

Reading a Hazel Park home

Working-class inner-ring suburb incorporated in 1941, remaking its racetrack-era identity with public art, new parks investment, and a rising food scene. A local distinction: The city's official motto is 'The Friendly City', displayed in its logo. About 6,822 households hold some 16,597 residents. In 1884, John W. Benjamine petitioned to form Hazel Park School District 8, named for the abundant hazelnut / hazel brush shrubs in the area.

Homes and households

Detached single-family homes are 86.4% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 61.6% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 25.1%. A local landmark: Green Acres Park.

Detached construction at 86.4% means the water supply at the address is settled before filtration is reviewed.

Local ground in Hazel Park:

• Mabel Gray. Chef James Rigato's acclaimed restaurant on John R Road, a James Beard 'Best New Restaurant' semifinalist and the Detroit Free Press 2017 Restaurant of the Year.
• Hazel Park Raceway site. Horse track that ran thoroughbred and harness racing from August 17, 1949 until 2018; the site is now an Amazon distribution center.
• Hazel Park Art Fair murals. Public art around Green Acres Park including muralist Carl Oxley's octopus, part of the city's arts push.
• Green Acres Park. 17.9-acre city park at 620 West Woodward Heights with a pavilion, softball fields, and a new playground.
• Hazel Park Memorial Festival. Annual community festival and carnival tradition.

Across the community

Mail runs through the 48030 ZIP code. Per the 2000 census, Hazel Park had the second-largest proportion of Native American residents of any community in Oakland County.