Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in York Township
Farm township carved from Saline and Ypsilanti lands in 1834, already home to nearly 1,200 residents when Michigan became a state in 1837. We measure the indoor environment and explain it.
York Township at ground level
Also noted: Home of Mooreville, one of Washtenaw County's oldest settlements, whose mills once furnished the county's building lumber.
Homes and households
By the 2023 five-year American Community Survey, 98.5% of units are detached single-family homes and 97.1% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher come to 41.0%. With construction recorded from 1837, an older envelope behaves differently from new build.
Near Saline River the humidity picture shifts, which puts basement moisture, condensation and drainage first. With owner-occupancy at 97.1%, the report can follow moisture from the roofline down to the slab without stopping at a lease boundary.
What stands in York Township:
- Mooreville. One of the county's oldest settlements, established as early as 1826 and settled by John L. Moore of New York around 1830 on the Saline River.
- Mooreville sawmill sites. Isaac Hathaway's 1832 sawmill and its 1838 successor supplied the lumber for much of early Washtenaw County.
- Federal Correctional Institution grounds. The 1933 federal prison known as FCI Milan sits mostly within York Township.
- Saline River reaches. The river meanders through Mooreville and the township's southwest farms.
- York farm country. Working farmland township created by the Territorial Legislature in 1834.
Corners of the map
York Township also contains one named district, Mooreville. Mooreville: Historic Saline River hamlet at the township's heart.