60

recent Legislative Policy Division of the City Planning Commission (CPC), serving City Council, reports there are 60 scrap yards in the city – a significant difference from the 95 reported by BSEED in June 2023 or the 110 number listed by EGLE in August 2023

$300

median income went up in Detroit per new U.S. Census Bureau data, but rent costs are increasing at a higher rate (U.S. Census Bureau)

80-81

updated Tree Equity Score for Detroit from American Forests and the Detroit Tree Equity Partnership, which falls into their moderate category for desired tree canopy coverage. They find 24% of block groups have a score less than 75 and need more tree equity

252

lowest number of homicides in 50 years in 2023, Detroit also has the lowest population numbers in 50 years. Overall the homicide rate per 100,000 people dropped from 50 in 2022 to 41 in 2023. Typically, the “justifiable homicide” rate is also quite high with 24 in 2022, but per the city’s open data there were just 5 justifiable homicides in 2023. (FOX 2)