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Conserved land1.4%32 of 2,360 acres
Trails0.1 mi0 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves23 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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About Grosse Pointe Park

City in Michigan, United States
11,595Population
3.7 sq miArea
577 ftElevation

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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Area code313
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Housing in Grosse Pointe Park

$520K▲ 2.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Grosse Pointe Park home is worth about $520,000, up 2.9% in a year, 95% above the Michigan typical home.

A strong seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market14
Sale-to-list101.6%
Sold in May11
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Safety in Grosse Pointe Park

B

Safety Grade B

Grosse Pointe Park reports less crime per resident than 58% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Grosse Pointe Park 0.4
Michigan 4.3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Grosse Pointe Park 10.6
Michigan 13
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A

The public schools Grosse Pointe Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 94% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#23Best public schoolsof 490 in MI
DistrictGrosse Pointe Public SchoolsSchools3

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