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Grosse Pointe Woods city, Michigan: commercial real estate data.
Grosse Pointe Woods city is a Census city of 16,094 people across 3.24 square miles of land, in Wayne County. Median household income is $126,395, 89.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.4 m.
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Grosse Pointe Woods
What Grosse Pointe Woods is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.24 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,966
- County holding the largest share of its areaWayne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grosse Pointe Woods
How many people live in Grosse Pointe Woods
- Population16,094
- Median age43.6
- Population under 183,449
- Share under 1821.4 percent
- Population 65 and over3,420
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent
- Households6,418
- Family households4,442
- Share of households that are families69.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grosse Pointe Woods
Income and work in Grosse Pointe Woods
- Median household income$126,395
- Per capita income$62,415
- Civilian labor force8,589
- Employed8,088
- Unemployed501 plus or minus 275
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Adults 25 and over11,579
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher65.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree32.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grosse Pointe Woods
Housing in Grosse Pointe Woods
- Housing units6,604
- Occupied units6,418
- Vacant units186 plus or minus 118
- Vacancy rate2.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied5,763
- Renter occupied655 plus or minus 168
- Ownership rate89.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$342,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,879
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Single family units6,214
- Share single family94.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more372 plus or minus 144
- Share in buildings of two or more5.6 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Mobile homes18 plus or minus 30
- Median year structure built1953
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Grosse Pointe Woods gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,808
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,519
- Share commuting under 15 minutes26.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,006
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more34.5 percent
- Drove alone68.3 percent
- Carpooled3.1 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home27.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Grosse Pointe Woods
SBA loans in Grosse Pointe Woods (7(a))
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$4,421,000
- Average approval$210,524
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$350,000
- Largest approval$576,000
- Jobs supported258
- Jobs per approval12.3
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Paid in full6
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.5 percent
- Share to franchises33.3 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Grosse Pointe Woods
Flood risk in Grosse Pointe Woods
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number260231
- Currently effective map date(NSFHA)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Wayne County, not Grosse Pointe Woods
Wayne County context, not Grosse Pointe Woods figures
These are Wayne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Grosse Pointe Woods measurements.
- Establishments in Wayne County33,699
- Employment at those establishments, Wayne County665,558
- Covered employment, Wayne County725,504
- Average annual pay, Wayne County$76,411
- Average weekly wage, Wayne County$1,469
- Housing units permitted, Wayne County2,629
- Of those, single family, Wayne County1,058
- County product, 2024, Wayne County$129,920,105,000
- County product change over the prior year, Wayne County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Wayne County$60,504
Every figure in this section is published for Wayne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Grosse Pointe Woods. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Grosse Pointe Woods questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan?
16,094, in 6,418 households. Grosse Pointe Woods city covers 3.24 square miles of land, which is 4,966 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Grosse Pointe Woods in?
Wayne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Grosse Pointe Woods?
$126,395. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $342,100. Median gross rent is $1,879 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Grosse Pointe Woods businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $4.4 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Grosse Pointe Woods, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Grosse Pointe Woods borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Grosse Pointe Woods. only 7 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Grosse Pointe Woods in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Grosse Pointe Woods appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 260231, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Grosse Pointe Woods figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Wayne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Grosse Pointe Woods.
Is zoning published for Grosse Pointe Woods?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.