Macomb County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Shelby Township
Shelby Charter Township is an affluent northern suburb of Detroit in western Macomb County with a 2020 census population of 79,408. We evaluate what air, moisture and water are doing indoors.
Shelby Township at ground level
One local marker: Recognized as the safest community of its size in Macomb County in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
How the housing sits
Detached single-family homes are 63.2% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 75.8% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 37.2%.
Near Township Stony Creek the humidity picture shifts, which puts basement moisture, condensation and drainage first. Mixed house types here, at 63.2% detached, mean the order of the visit is set on site once the envelope and the mechanical layout are established.
Local ground in Shelby Township:
- Packard Proving Grounds Historic Site. Albert Kahn designed the Packard Motor Car Company test facility at 49965 Van Dyke Avenue, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
- Burgess-Shadbush Nature Center. Township nature center at 4101 River Bends Drive interprets the 80 acre Shadbush Tract of hardwood forest, cattail marsh, and cedar swamp.
- Macomb Orchard Trail. The 23.5 mile rail trail across northern Macomb County begins at 24 Mile and Dequindre roads in Shelby Township.
- Stony Creek Metropark. The 4,435 acre Metropark surrounding 500 acre Stony Creek Lake has its main entrance at 4300 Main Park Road in Shelby Township.
- River Bends Park. The Clinton River divides the township park into two sections joined by a bridge built in 2000.
Across the community
Shelby Township takes in 3 smaller settlements: Disco, Yates and Preston Corners. Disco: Historic village platted in 1849 at 24 Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue with a post office from 1854 to 1906. Yates: Historic settlement on the township's western boundary with Oakland County.