Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Southfield
Southfield is a northwest Detroit suburb in Oakland County that grew from farm township into one of the nation's densest office markets, with roughly 27 million square feet of office space second only to downtown Detroit. We measure the indoor environment and explain it.
Reading a Southfield home
Oakland County's high-rise business hub at the junction of metro Detroit's freeways, pairing corporate towers with established residential neighborhoods. A local distinction: Marketed as 'the center of it all' for its position where the region's highways intersect, crowned by the golden Town Center towers. Some 73,156 residents occupy about 31,930 households. The area was surveyed in 1817 under a plan by Michigan territorial governor Lewis Cass, and John Daniels settled the land in 1823, with early families arriving from Birmingham, Royal Oak, New York, and Vermont.
The building stock
By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 47.0% of units are detached single-family homes and 51.9% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 39.1%. Building is recorded here from 1873. An older envelope handles air and moisture differently. Among the local landmarks: Southfield Town Center, a cluster of golden mirrored office towers that also houses foreign consulates.
At 73,156 residents lots sit close, so attached garages, combustion appliances and exhaust paths are read as one system.
Around Southfield:
- Southfield Town Center. Cluster of golden interconnected towers totaling 2.2 million square feet with the Westin hotel, a conference center for 1,000, and 94,000 square feet of atrium retail.
- Lawrence Technological University. Private university campus across from the Town Center along the Lodge Freeway.
- Freeway crossroads. The meeting point of the Lodge, I-696, and M-10 corridors that anchors the city's claim as the 'center of it all'.
- Southfield municipal campus and parks. Civic center complex and city park system serving the office city's neighborhoods.
- Town Center atrium and fitness amenities. Public-facing retail, dining, and fitness space inside the tower complex.
Corners of the map
The 48033, 48034, 48037, 48075, 48076 and 48086 ZIP codes cover these addresses. Foreign consulates in the city have included those of North Macedonia, Lebanon, and Iraq.