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For most people who can afford it, yes. Grosse Pointe Park grades A overall, 71st among Michigan's 697 graded towns. It is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $124K and its public schools beat 93% of Michigan towns on state tests and graduation. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $509K for a typical one and 6.6 times the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income. 73% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Grosse Pointe Park, where Michigan’s towns sit at 26% and U.S. towns at 29%. Only 31 of Michigan’s 1,279 towns score higher on walkability. Grosse Pointe Park has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them William and Margot Kessler House.
Where Grosse Pointe Park beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| George Defer Elementary School | K–4 | 460 |
| St. Clare of Montefalco School | PK–8 | 117 |
| Pierce Middle School | 5–8 | 570 |
Where Grosse Pointe Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Michigan), ordered by how far Grosse Pointe Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 290 in 1910, a peak of 15,641 in 1970, 11,595 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1960 and 2 maps from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Grosse Pointe Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaFord Field
7 mi Stadium & arenaComerica Park
7 mi TheatreFox Theatre
4 mi GardenBelle Isle Park
14 mi LakeLake Saint Clair
7 mi MuseumDetroit Institute of ArtsFord Field: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Comerica Park: City of Detroit, Public domain · Fox Theatre: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Belle Isle Park: WMrapids, CC0 · Lake Saint Clair: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Detroit Institute of Arts: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grosse Pointe Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Grosse Pointe Park.
Grosse Pointe Park has less food insecurity than most of Michigan and sends most of its workers to Detroit and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Michigan.
At 6.6 years of the Detroit metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $509K) costs more against local pay than in 97% of Michigan towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,918, against $2,904 across Michigan, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Grosse Pointe Park is $1,379 a month. The typical Grosse Pointe Park home is worth about $509,000, up 2.6% in a year, 93% above the Michigan typical home.
| Grosse Pointe Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,379 a month | $1,045 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 84% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $509K.
Its public schools are run by the Grosse Pointe Public Schools. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 570 | A |
| George Defer Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 460 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MI on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Michigan is food insecurity: 7.3% of its 8,995 adults worry about having enough food, against 15.4% statewide.
27% of Grosse Pointe Park adults feel lonely. Grosse Pointe Park beats the Michigan average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 10% of Grosse Pointe Park adults report frequent physical distress.
| Grosse Pointe Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Grosse Pointe Park | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 15.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.4% | 6.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Grosse Pointe Park has 960 jobs for its 4,920 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 1,627 in 2011 to 960.
Most working residents leave Grosse Pointe Park for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Grosse Pointe Park fell to 960 in 2021, 667 fewer than in 2011. 4.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Grosse Pointe Park.
| Grosse Pointe Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.9% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 5.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
Grosse Pointe Park has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 20° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Reported crimes fell from 201 to 121 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Grosse Pointe Park’s violent crime rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Grosse Pointe Park | Michigan towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.6 per 1,000 residents | 7.8 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Grosse Pointe Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Matthew C. Patterson Park, at 22 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Matthew C. Patterson Park | — | 22 |
| 2. Windmill Pointe Park | — | 14 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
7 within 15 miles of the center of Grosse Pointe Park
About 12 of every 100 Grosse Pointe Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan.
2 places in Grosse Pointe Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Michigan, United States
Grosse Pointe Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. One of the five "Grosse Pointe" suburbs of Detroit, Grosse Pointe Park is located on the shore of Lake St. Clair and borders Detroit to the north and east, roughly 7 miles (11.3 km) east of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, Grosse Pointe Park had a population of 11,595. Grosse Pointe Park was incorporated as a village in 1907 and again as a city in 1950.
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2 towns share a border with Grosse Pointe Park.
| Town | MI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grosse Pointe Park | #71 | A | D | B | A | A+ |
| Detroit | #680 | D | B+ | D− | C− | D− |
| Grosse Pointe | #148 | A− | D | C+ | A | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Grosse Pointe Park grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #71 of 697 in Michigan. It grades A+ for health, B for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
Grosse Pointe Park was incorporated in 1907 and has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including James Damman and Jack Tocco.
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