Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Village of Clarkston
Clarkston is a tiny, tree-lined historic town about 34 miles northwest of downtown Detroit in Oakland County, its half-square-mile downtown packed with 19th-century architecture, boutiques, and destination restaurants. The assessment looks at the whole home, not one part.
What Village of Clarkston is built of
Preserved 1830s mill village officially named the City of the Village of Clarkston, independent since 1992 and entirely surrounded by Independence Township. Worth knowing: The smallest city by land area in Michigan, at 0.44 square miles of land. Some 894 residents occupy about 378 households. Incorporated as a village in 1884; re-incorporated as a city in 1992, keeping the 'City of the Village of Clarkston' name.
The housing stock
Detached single-family homes are 66.5% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 67.4% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 55.5%. Building is recorded here from 1830. An older envelope handles air and moisture differently. A local landmark: The Old Mill (1839) on the Mill Pond, converted from a gristmill to commercial and gallery space.
Mixed house types here, at 66.5% detached, mean the order of the visit is set on site once the envelope and the mechanical layout are established.
Named places in Village of Clarkston:
- Clarkston Village Historic District. Over 100 historic structures along Main Street and its cross streets; a state historic site since 1976 and on the National Register since May 15, 1979.
- Depot Park. Green space at the former railroad depot hosting concerts, parades, and the Art in the Village festival held since the 1970s.
- Clark brothers' settlement sites. Homesites of Jeremiah and Nelson Clark, the 1830s founders who gave Clarkston its name.
- Depot Park. The village's central riverside park and event lawn.
- Village festival calendar. Concerts, parades, and the September art fair in the historic core.
Where the addresses are
Addresses fall in 48346 and 48347. Its full legal name is the 'City of the Village of Clarkston, ' one of the more unusual municipal names in Michigan.