Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Pontiac
Pontiac is the county seat of Oakland County, an old industrial city on the Clinton River about 30 miles northwest of Detroit that grew up as a General Motors company town and gave its name to the Pontiac automobile brand. The assessment looks at the whole home, not one part.
Inside a Pontiac home
Pontiac sits in Oakland County, Michigan. About 23,238 households hold some 59,917 residents. Designated county seat of Oakland County in 1820; incorporated as a village in 1837 and as a city in 1861.
The housing stock
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 61.0% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 44.2% of occupied units with their owners. Some 16.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A local landmark: The Crofoot music venue and festival grounds on South Saginaw Street.
At 44.2% owner-occupancy many households do not control the mechanicals, so findings separate what a resident can change from what the building owner must.
What stands in Pontiac:
- M1 Concourse. 87-acre motorsports campus on Woodward with 250-plus private garages and the 1.5-mile Champion Motor Speedway, host of Roadkill Nights and the American Speed Festival.
- Erebus Haunted Attraction. Four-story haunt that held the Guinness World Record for largest walk-through haunted attraction from 2005 to 2009.
- Pontiac Silverdome site. Former stadium that hosted Super Bowl XVI in 1982 and WrestleMania III in 1987, whose claimed 93,173 crowd was billed as North America's largest indoor attendance.
- M1 Concourse events. Public car culture calendar including the Woodward Dream Show and Cars 'n' Coffee gatherings.
- Pontiac city recreation. City parks and community programming for the county seat.
Where the addresses are
Mail runs through the 48302, 48326, 48340, 48341, 48342 and 48343 ZIP codes. The Clinton River was confined in concrete through downtown in 1963 to control flooding.