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About Hazel Park
City in Michigan, United StatesHazel Park is a city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Hazel Park borders Detroit to the north, roughly 10 miles (16.1 km) north of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 14,983. Hazel Park was incorporated as a city in 1941 and bills itself as The Friendly City. From 1949 to 2018, it was the site of the Hazel Park Raceway, considered a high-quality facility originally used for both Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing. From 1985 on, the track ran only harness races. After 1996, it also provided simulcasts of races year round from across North America, with betting allowed on these races at the track facilities.
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Housing in Hazel Park
The typical Hazel Park home is worth about $159,000, down 3.8% in a year, 40% below the Michigan typical home.
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Safety in Hazel Park
Safety Grade C
Hazel Park reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 69% report less.
Schools in Hazel Park
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The public schools Hazel Park’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 91% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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