The Detroit region has faced an on-going loss of population. Recent data and news has highlighted that the City of Detroit is slightly up in population (mostly around Greater Downtown) for the last few years, but the overall rate of population growth is still below the 2010 population total. A number of inner ring and proximity municipalities also saw population loss since 2010, such as Ferndale, Livonia, Garden City, St.

Join Outlier Media on Feb. 4 for a geography-inspired trivia night celebrating Detroit’s neighborhoods, history and culture. Created in collaboration with Alex B. Hill (DETROITography) and co-hosted by Outlier’s civic life reporter Briana Rice, this night blends maps, storytelling and local knowledge — plus FREE prizes. 💛 Outlier Collective perk: Members get their first drink on us. (Not a member?

This map displays data from the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program at the EPA, which has been under attack in recent years so I'm hoping the data is still reliable and maintained. The majority of toxic releases in Detroit came from the EQ Detroit (better known as US Ecology) facility near the former incinerator location and from the Stellantis Plant on the city's Eastside. View the interactive map

This year, we invite artists, technologists, and researchers to submit proposals for the 2026 open call, focusing on the theme of "Networks and Connections." We seek innovative data-driven art that explores the intricate relationships, dependencies, and flows within Detroit's complex systems, whether natural, social, or infrastructural. Submissions should utilize publicly available Detroit Open Data or artist-generated datasets to visualize the city as a dynamic web of interconnected elements.

In 1925, the National Association of Real Estate Boards declared: "Detroit is yours! Realtors!" On this map, the pictorial map people are saying a myriad of gems about the city and I wish I could transcribe them all: "This looks as peppy as Los Angeles." "Well well I thought Old Canada was North of the U.S." "Look at that Jim!

The University of Michigan Urban Collaboratory worked with the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) in 2018 to better handle combined sewer overflows in real-time. More from the project: ... they found that Combined Sewer Overflows have been occurring when additional sewer capacity is available. Rather than increasing the amount of storage with costly infrastructure improvements, the research team was able to demonstrate their ability to use a real-time control approach to significantly improve the existing GLWA wastewater and CSO management system by reducing both the occurrence of CSOs and peak flows going to the treatment facility. 

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss the education system, how data is tracked, and how data can be used to improve student outcomes. We’ll be joined by the Jeremy Singer, GO DATA Commissioner, Stacey Brockman of WSU's Education Leadership and Policy studies program, and Titus Scott from the Skillman Foundation. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow data enthusiasts and expand your knowledge. WHEN: Friday, December 19th, 12:30-1:30pm WHERE: Virtual WHAT: Join us for our Data Forum where we will discuss education data and uses. RSVP: Zoom

Make it count! Detroit By The Numbers latest monthly segment on the Authentically Detroit podcast is live! We highlight significant data and numbers from the past month for Detroiters! Listen to the November Data Roundup 588 Number of pages in the recent Detroit Reparations Task Force Report (BridgeDetroit). 36.6% Percent of Detroit households that rely on SNAP/Food Stamps to put food on the table.

Gehl worked with the Belle Isle Conservancy to reimagine what the area around the major cultural institutions on the island. More from Gehl: Belle Isle is Detroit’s premier large open space and home to some of the city’s iconic cultural institutions. Today, however, the public space around the core destinations of the Isle invites for car-first, one-off visits — rather than a continuous, lingering experience.

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss open data portal and geospatial data sources. We’ll be joined by the Julian Bruinsma from DetroitData.org, Ann VanSlembrouck of SEMCOG, and Zachary Manring from the City of Detroit, Open Data Team. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow data enthusiasts and expand your knowledge. WHEN: Friday, November 21st, 12:30-1:30pm WHERE: Virtual WHAT: Join us for our Data Forum where we will discuss open data portals and geospatial sources. RSVP: Eventbrite

This historic gem of a map comes from the Reuther Library and Archives, "Community Councils Manual, Dec. 1953" (page 5) published by the Detroit Federation of Community Councils. I've been diving into neighborhood histories and came across mentions of a "Midtown Community Council" in the 1950s and had to dig in further. The Detroit Federation of Community Councils was an association of 14 community councils in Detroit.

The City of Detroit has taken small steps to better engage with the food system in moments of crisis. The first was food box distribution during COVID-19 and now they have a team verifying food pantries in the midst of uncertainty with federal nutrition benefits. This kind of verification is critical to make sure people can find the right resources and I truly hope this is connected to the wider safety net efforts of the United Way's community information exchange. View the interactive map

Make it count! Detroit By The Numbers latest monthly segment where we highlight significant data and numbers from the past month for Detroiters! 21 New DDOT bus bump-outs along Jefferson Avenue (APTA). 23% Detroit lawmaker attends less than a third of all sessions, but is now running for City Council District 7 (Detroit News) $80M Riverfront park opened, funded by Ralph C.

We've enjoyed featuring Jake Berman's transit fantasy maps that include Detroit. Come hear him talk about the resulting book "Lost Subways of North America" at Next Chapter Books. WHEN: Thursday, November 13th @ 6:30PM WHERE: Next Chapter Books, 16555 E. Warren, Detroit, MI 48224 WHAT: Join us to hear Jake Berman and Alex Hill in conversation about Detroit transit and other cities that have lost subways. This is a free event, so come and enjoy.

We are very excited this year to have Sharon Cornelissen as our keynote speaker this year. She is director of housing at the Consumer Federation of America and soon-to-be published book based on her dissertation work: “The Last House on the Block: Black Homeowners, White Homesteaders, and Failed Gentrification in Detroit.” Check out the full list of panels, lightning talks, and workshops!

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss wildlife in the city. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Nyeema Harris from the Yale University, Ava Landgraf of Detroit Bird Alliance, and Joanne Coutts, who has mapped animals along Detroit's historic waterways.

Make it count! Detroit By The Numbers latest monthly segment on the Authentically Detroit podcast is live! We highlight significant data and numbers from the past month for Detroiters! Listen to the September Data Roundup 44 Units of unsubsidized market-rate housing constructed so far in 2025. Many apartment buildings are going into foreclosure. Property insurance has doubled in the last few years.

Join the Greater Detroit-Windsor Project and Regional Centre for Expertise for a day filled with insightful presentations, panels, discussions, networking opportunities, and interactive collaboration at our inaugural conference! Agendas and speakers to follow. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to be a part of a dynamic community dedicated to driving positive change in the region. Reserve your spot today!

The City of Detroit has a clear walkability problem outside of certain zones, like Midtown, Corktown, Hamtramck, or pockets in Northwest Detroit. More from the project: ... the Walkable Accessibility Score measures the average accessibility to nearby urban amenities from neighbourhood centers. To create the WAS, we first calculate the distance from every block group centroid (shown on the map above) to the…

I can't remember where I found this map, but I'm glad that I did. The map is huge and could only be scanned using the large format, flat-bed scanner at the Reuther Library. This map is printed on this heavy paper, thick to the touch almost like a stiff fabric. The map has some weathering and discoloration, but was clearly a map in active use from at least 1972 to 1976.

WHEN: Mondays, starting September 15th, from 12-4PM WHERE: Prentis Building Fishbowl, Wayne State University, 5201 Cass Ave. WHAT: Come co-work on your mapping project, get support learning GIS, or just chat about maps! RSVP: Let us know you're coming!

I don't generally look to these index rankings of Detroit, but the comparisons are powerful. Detroit is a donut hole in the region; surrounded by communities of higher prosperity and higher opportunity. The city sits on par with Cleveland, Buffalo, Newark, and Memphis. What are the known strategies and policies that build opportunity in distressed communities? Investment in youth programming Investment in regional public transportation Zoning reform to increase affordable housing

Make it count! Detroit By The Numbers latest monthly segment on the Authentically Detroit podcast is live! We highlight significant data and numbers from the past month for Detroiters! Listen to the August Data Roundup 90% The overwhelming majority of polling places have accessibility challenges. Detroit Disability Power (DDP) have conducted a regular poll audit and recently updated their polling place audit, "accessibility problems at more than 90% of Detroit polling locations" - you can now check your polling place and its accessibility at…

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss traffic data, mobility, and safety in the city. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Darius Mason from the City of Detroit's Office of Mobility Innovation, Patrick Bowman of UM Transportation Research Institute, and…

The City of Detroit has launched a new tool to track road safety: The Detroit SMART MODES dashboard is officially live! This powerful new tool uses real-time data to detect near-misses and support smarter, safer street design across the city. Developed in collaboration with leading tech partners and community stakeholders, the dashboard marks a major step forward in making Detroit’s mobility system more connected and people-centered.

I really enjoyed collaborating with Sidewalk Detroit on developing trail maps and wayfinding markers for Eliza Howell Park. My early foray into mapping was when I was in high school and used by uncle's handheld GPS to trace trails at a local park that did not have an accurate trail map. I used an early GIS program to load the GPX files and created the finished product by hand.

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss the arts and creative institutions in the city and their connections. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Kevin Gilboe from DesignCore, Steve Panton of Essay'd, and Nafeesah Symonette from Detroit Excellence in Youth Arts (DEYA).

I'm so excited that Detroit By The Numbers will be a new monthly segment on the Authentically Detroit podcast! We'll highlight significant data and numbers from the past month for Detroiters! Listen to the July Data Roundup 62 percent of active voters are aged 60 or over (BridgeDetroit). If you need to check your voting options and polling place visit…

Moody's may have increase Detroit's credit rating over the years, but Moody's Analytics still recognizes the difficulties and gaps in serving Detroiters. Rental housing in Detroit in particular is an on-going discussion with efforts to finance "affordable housing," renovate formerly vacant homes, and improve quality of property management while at the same time reducing requirements on landlords. The rental housing gap as defined by Moody's is:

The Vote Detroit tool was created by Detroit activist Alex Hill in partnership with the Detroit Democracy Project and EngagedMI.

Knowing where to vote and how to get there should be the easy parts of voting. Democracy depends on engagement and Detroit has relatively low levels overall from the loss of city services, emergency management, and general apathy towards local government. We've built a tool that helps anyone work through their voting options based on their address: VoteDetroit.org "Detroit's future demands a functional and dependable government.

The 2025 City Ratings are out from People for Bikes. In the past, Detroit has not scored very well but some methodological changes have helped give a clearer picture of where Detroit stands among other global, United States, and Midwest regional cities. One area that dings Detroit is the presence of bike lanes with parking, which is true for almost all bike lanes in the city.

9 city-sponsored Arts Alleys over the next month and has commissioned 47 artists to install art in the alleys (City of Detroit) 31 updated polling places for the 2025 Detroit Primary on August 5th. Check your polling place and precinct at: VoteDetroit.org (DETROITography) 2,519 families displaced in Detroit's Black Bottom area with 92% being families of color. The total number of people is unknown, but Rod Arroyo, planning professional consulting for the MDOT I-375 project estimates 36,000 people.

Since launching the map puzzle in September 2024, we've had almost 400 puzzle submissions from cities and municipalities across the 7-county region. The puzzle asks users to place all the municipalities correctly that border the City of Detroit. The average results are presented here with the caveat that small numbers of people have submitted from certain areas. What stands out is that Detroit scores poorly in correctly identifying its own neighbors.

Gun violence affects so many young people in Detroit and the trauma of experiencing violence and losing someone to violence has lasting effects. I had this exact analysis in my head for a number of years, but glad to see team at The Trace tackling it across the country. On the map you can search for a school name and see how many shootings happen within 500 yards. Explore the interactive map

The ever constant search for coffee around the city continues. Since last year there have been 20 new coffee shops and only 3 closures since I last updated the map in 2024. This is the smallest number of closures year-over-year since 2015 which is why Detroit has the greatest number of coffee shop ever with 130 coffee spots. Almost all of the new coffee shops opened within a 3 mile radius of Downtown.

View interactive map by Shiva Shahmir on Felt by: Shiva Shahmir Following two Michigan Supreme Court rulings, Rafaeli v. Oakland County in 2020 and Schaeffer v. Kent County in 2024, Michigan reside…

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss clean energy advancements in Detroit. Join us in-person or online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Tepfirah Rushdan, Director of the City of Detroit Office of Sustainability, Gary Ringer, Executive Director of Joy-Southfield CDC, and…

400 election precincts (cleaned up version) down from 502 precincts in the 2020 election and 450 in the 2022 election with 401 polling places, yet some people travel more than 3 miles past 6-7 polling places to reach their assigned polling place (DETROITography) 1,437 neighborhood submissions by users on Detroit-Neighborhoods.com. Add yours too! Check out the data on…

Check out the interactive version of this map: by: Ted Tansley, Data Analyst The city of Detroit has been installing thousands of speed humps all around the city in the last couple of years, but ar…

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As part of my work with DETROITography’s Detroit Data open data portal project, I was asked to set up a simple dashboard to showcase publicly available data for our summer open data ambassadors progra...

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will discuss City, County, and Hospital health assessments in Detroit. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Tiffani Stewart and the Detroit Health Department team releasing their latest Community Health Assessment (CHA), Katerina Stylianou sharing the most recent Wayne County health assessment results, and…

Voting in Detroit is not known to be easy and the numbers of voters reflect that difficulty. Election Day confusion is well-known and documented even amongst regular voters. Polling places have changed and in some cases changed again. In 2020, the City Clerk noted that some 40,000 Detroiters were subject to a polling place update two weeks prior to the election.

Join the annual and unofficial Detroit Regional Transit Fantasy Support (DRTFS) Group. Come see the great transit fantasy maps of the Detroit region and make your own! Propose people mover expansions or subway tunnel routes. Rocket buses or rail lines. We'll focus the evening with Transit Riders United (TRU) sharing steps we can all take to improve mass public transit in the Detroit region.

25,000 trees planted as part of the Tree Equity Partnership's goal of 75,000 by 2027 (WDET) 56 mentions of "neighborhood" by Mayor Duggan in his State of the City speech in 2024 after a previous high of 43 in 2015 (DETROITography/Ted Tansley) Check out the data on DetroitData.org 28th round of Motor City Match awards to 13 new brick-and-motor businesses (Detroit Chamber) 6,164 visitors on DetroitData.org in 2024 (DetroitData)

Welcome to our Data Forum where we will explore how race and ethnicity data are captured and tracked as well as improvements in the works. Join us online for lunch-and-learn filled with insightful discussions, tips, and tricks on all things related to the data. We’ll be joined by the Kristine Ajrouch, professional professor at Eastern Michigan University working on Middle Eastern-North African data disaggregation locally, …

Join the annual and unofficial Detroit Regional Transit Fantasy Support (DRTFS) Group. Come see the great transit fantasy maps of the Detroit region and make your own! Propose people mover expansions or subway tunnel routes. Rocket buses or rail lines. We'll focus the evening with Transit Riders United (TRU) sharing steps we can all take to improve mass public transit in the Detroit region.

by: Joanne Coutts This map combines the classic Detroit hand map with an outline of Detroit’s buried creeks – sketched from tracks recorded while following the creek routes on my bike – to sh…