Macomb County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Roseville
Roseville is a working-class Detroit suburb in Macomb County, about 13 miles northeast of downtown, that grew from the orchards and farms of old Erin Township. Dr. Jadan reads the whole indoor environment in one visit.
The homes of Roseville
Roseville is a northern suburb of Detroit in Macomb County, roughly 13 miles northeast of downtown Detroit, bordered on the south by Eastpointe, with a population of 47,710 at the 2020 census. One local marker: Roseville was the site of Packard Field, Michigan's first commercial airport, established along Gratiot Avenue in 1919, and the same site held Michigan's first shopping center in 1954. Those residents occupy about 19,669 households. Incorporated as a village in 1926 and as a city in 1958, absorbing the remaining parts of Erin Township.
The housing stock
Detached single-family homes are 73.8% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 64.5% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Some 15.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The building record here reaches back to 1864, and an older envelope moves air and holds moisture on its own terms. Also on the ground: The Roseville Public Library (historically the Erin-Roseville Library).
With detached stock at 73.8%, the walkthrough establishes the building type first and reads the air handling against it.
Local ground in Roseville:
- Macomb Mall. Enclosed shopping mall on Gratiot Avenue that opened in 1964 with Sears, Crowley's, and Kresge as its first anchors and now anchors Kohl's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Hobby Lobby, and At Home.
- Sacred Heart Church. Catholic parish that began as an 1861 mission at Utica Junction and completed its first permanent church, a log structure seating 300, in 1864.
- Roseville Public Library. City library that opened on May 1, 1936 as the Erin Township Library in a single room of the former Roseville Municipal Building at 27700 Gratiot Avenue.
- Huron Park. City park of 22.5 acres at 18605 Frazho with a baseball and softball diamond, soccer fields, fitness court, pavilion, playground, and walking track.
- George & Maggie Rollinger Park. City park at 29571 Utica Road with a splash pad, inclusive playground equipment, a ninja activity course, pickleball, and a paved walking trail.
Corners of the map
Inside Roseville sits one named district, Utica Junction. Utica Junction: Historic settlement within present-day Roseville where a Catholic mission serving Irish, German, Belgian, and French families was established in 1861. Mail runs through the 48066 ZIP code. Rapper Eminem (Marshall Mathers) lived in Roseville during his childhood.