Wayne County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Trenton
Trenton is a riverfront Downriver suburb of Detroit that grew up on the Detroit River as a sawmill and shipping stop roughly a day's journey between Detroit and Monroe. Dr. Jadan walks the whole house and reports plainly.
Trenton, house by house
Detroit River waterfront city across the channel from Grosse Ile, where reclaimed industrial shoreline now anchors the international wildlife refuge. On the record: Home of Elizabeth Park, the first county park established in Michigan (1919). 7,890 households, 18,380 residents. Site of the 1900 Sibley Quarry explosion; the former McLouth Steel site later became an EPA Superfund cleanup project.
The housing stock
By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 71.0% of units are detached single-family homes and 83.0% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 27.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. A local landmark: The former McLouth Steel plant site along the river, now an EPA Superfund remediation project.
Because owner-occupancy reaches 83.0%, most visits cover a whole building rather than one unit of a shared system.
Named places in Trenton:
- Elizabeth Park. The 162-acre Slocum estate given to Wayne County in 1919, mostly on the artificial Slocum's Island in the Detroit River.
- Refuge Gateway. Restored riverfront unit added to the refuge in 2013, adjoining the Humbug Marsh wilderness shoreline.
- Elizabeth Park and marina. Riverfront county park with a marina and canal-ringed island grounds along West Jefferson Avenue.
- Refuge Gateway trails and fishing pier. Public trails, picnic areas, and Detroit River fishing access at the refuge's Trenton gateway.
Across the community
The 48183 ZIP code covers these addresses. Home to the Wyandot Nation of Anderdon, one of only a handful of Wyandot communities in North America.