Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Ypsilanti Township
Washtenaw County's second-largest community, spread along Ford Lake south of Ypsilanti, forever tied to Willow Run's wartime 'Arsenal of Democracy' story. We assess the indoor environment and hand you one plan.
Ypsilanti Township at ground level
One local marker: Site of Willow Run, the WWII plant that built a B-24 bomber roughly every hour and gave America Rosie the Riveter.
The housing stock
Of units counted in 2023, 58.8% are detached single-family homes and 57.5% of occupied units are owner-occupied. Some 36.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
With Ford Lake nearby, seasonal humidity behaves differently, and moisture is where the assessment starts.
Ground that fixes Ypsilanti Township on the map:
- Willow Run bomber plant site. Albert Kahn-designed Ford plant built in 1941 that produced a B-24 Liberator roughly every hour at its April 1944 peak, 453 planes in 468 hours.
- Rosie the Riveter heritage. Willow Run employed Rose Will Monroe, the riveter most identified with the wartime Rosie character.
- Ford Lake. Huron River impoundment forming the township's southern waterfront.
- Ford Lake parks. Township waterfront parks along the Huron River impoundment.
- Willow Run heritage sites. Preserved bomber-plant section saved in 2014 for the aviation museum.
Where the addresses are
Ypsilanti Township takes in one smaller district, Willow Run. Willow Run: Community that grew around the wartime plant and airport.