Healthy Home Assessments in Troy

Troy at ground level

Oakland County's largest city and its corporate shopping hub along Big Beaver Road, balancing office towers with a thousand acres of parkland. Also noted: Repeatedly ranked Michigan's safest city and among the 25 safest in the nation. Roughly 83,280 residents live across about 30,635 households. Named after Troy, New York, reflecting the many New York settlers who came in the 1820s.

How the housing sits

By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 71.5% of units are detached single-family homes and 74.2% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 64.1%. The record of building starts around 1877, so the assessment reads an older envelope. A local landmark: Somerset Collection luxury mall.

At 83,280 residents lots sit close, so attached garages, combustion appliances and exhaust paths are read as one system.

Named places in Troy:

• Somerset Collection. Luxury shopping center offering more than 1.4 million square feet of dining and retail.
• Troy Historic Village. Five-acre complex of ten preserved 19th-century structures depicting the area's farm-era daily life.
• Stage Nature Center. 100-acre preserve with hiking trails and year-round nature programs including spring maple syrup festivals.
• Troy parks system. About 1,000 acres of parkland plus two municipal golf courses.
• Stage Nature Center trails. Woodland and creek trails through the 100-acre preserve.

Streets and settlements

The 48007, 48083, 48084, 48085, 48098 and 48099 ZIP codes cover these addresses. The city's official motto is the ambitious 'The City of Tomorrow, Today'.