Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Madison Heights
We read the house top to bottom and write it down.
What Madison Heights is built of
Madison Heights sits in Oakland County, Michigan. One local marker: Home of Red Oaks, Oakland County's park complex combining a waterpark, nature center, dog park, and golf course on one 139-acre site. About 12,945 households hold some 30,198 residents. Incorporated as a city by popular vote on January 17, 1955, and chartered on December 6 of that year, becoming the tenth city government in southern Oakland County.
How the housing sits
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 68.6% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 63.8% of occupied units with their owners. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 32.1%. Among the local landmarks: Telway Hamburger System (24-hour slider stand).
Mixed house types here, at 68.6% detached, mean the order of the visit is set on site once the envelope and the mechanical layout are established.
What stands in Madison Heights:
- Red Oaks County Park. 139-acre Oakland County park complex with a nature center, nature preserve, waterpark, dog park, and golf course.
- Red Oaks Waterpark. County waterpark at 1455 East 13 Mile Road with wave pool and slides.
- Red Oaks nature center and trails. County nature preserve and interpretive center within Red Oaks Park.
- Madison Heights city parks. Municipal park system maintained by the city parks department.
Corners of the map
Mail runs through the 48071 ZIP code. The city's population has fallen every decade since 1970 even as its industrial and commercial base stayed strong.