Healthy Home Assessments in Utica

Reading a Utica home

Utica covers 1.78 square miles with 5,245 residents at the 2020 census and is bordered by Sterling Heights to the south and Shelby Charter Township to the north. A local distinction: Home of the United Shore Professional Baseball League, the first independent professional baseball league in the metropolitan Detroit area, launched in May 2016 at Jimmy John's Field in downtown Utica. Those residents occupy about 2,163 households. Its early growth was tied to the Clinton River and the ambitious but failed Clinton-Kalamazoo Canal project of the 1830s.

What the numbers say

By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 33.9% of units are detached single-family homes and 56.1% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 28.7%. Among the local landmarks: The Clinton River corridor that runs through the city and shaped its founding.

At 56.1% owner-occupancy many households do not control the mechanicals, so findings separate what a resident can change from what the building owner must.

Around Utica:

• Jimmy John's Field (UWM Field). Downtown ballpark opened May 30, 2016 on a capped former landfill and hosts all four United Shore Professional Baseball League teams.
• Utica Historic District. Small historic district centered on Cass Avenue and Auburn Road where most buildings postdate the destructive fires of 1905 and 1906.
• St. Lawrence Parish of Utica Historical Marker. State historical marker at 44633 Utica Road recording Utica's first Catholic Mass in May 1866 and the city's oldest religious community.
• Grant Park. City park with pavilions available to rent for private parties.
• Heritage Park. City park south of M-59 with a canoe and kayak launch on the Clinton River.

Where the addresses are

Addresses fall in 48315 and 48317. Before it was Utica, the settlement answered to 'Harlow, ' 'Hog's Hollow, ' and 'McDougalville.'.