Wayne County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Rockwood
Rockwood is a small Downriver Detroit suburb of about 3,200 people on the Huron River, roughly 23 miles southwest of downtown Detroit near where the river meets Lake Erie. Dr. Jadan reads the whole indoor environment in one visit.
Rockwood at ground level
Small Huron River city at Wayne County's southern tip, incorporated as a village in 1926 out of Brownstown Township and as a city on August 19, 1964. Worth knowing: Gateway to Pointe Mouillee, site of the largest freshwater marsh restoration project ever attempted in the United States. Roughly 3,199 residents live across about 1,297 households. Rockwood incorporated as a village on November 10, 1926; in 1937 its eastern land was returned to Brownstown Township.
Homes and households
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 75.2% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 77.2% of occupied units with their owners. Some 18.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Among the local landmarks: Adjacent Lake Erie Metropark, a 1,607-acre Huron-Clinton Metropark at the mouth of the Huron River on Lake Erie (carrying a Rockwood mailing address), offers a marina, an 18-hole golf course, and the Marshlands Museum and Nature Center.
Mixed house types here, at 75.2% detached, mean the order of the visit is set on site once the envelope and the mechanical layout are established.
Landmarks and public space in Rockwood:
- Chamberlin's Mill site. The community's first business, a mill established in 1818 on the Huron River.
- Pointe Mouillee State Game Area. 4,000 acres of marshes and diked ponds at the Huron River mouth near Rockwood, established in 1945 and named by French fur traders ('wet point').
- Historic basket-industry district. A basket-making industry employed residents from 1862 to 1922, with goods shipped by boat on the Huron River.
- Huron River water access. One of thirteen parks, game, and recreation areas associated with the Huron River as it reaches Lake Erie.
- Pointe Mouillee marshes. DNR-administered waterfowl marshes bordering the city, a premier hunting and birding area.
Where the addresses are
Mail runs through the 48173 ZIP code. The city is named after a town in Ontario, Canada, not after any local 'rock' or 'wood.'.