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!

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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. Interest rates are up, making loans or refinancing more expensive. Construction and maintenance costs are still sky-high. And Detroit has some of the highest property tax rates in the country. There are strong concerns that rent prices will increase to cover costs. (Outlier Media).

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The pay gap between commuters and Detroiters with jobs is double (average commuter wage is $100,000 vs. Detroiter wage is $53,000). The recent City of Detroit University Economic Analysis Partnership highlighted this disparity. Commuters hold almost 75% of all jobs in Detroit. Tracked from 2010 to 2020, the gap has only gotten worse. (Axios)

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DPSCD student enrollment is up! This same time in 2024: 48,386 and 2023: 47,401.
“As of Day 11, we are trending 437 students more than last year and 1,422 more students as compared to two years ago,” Vitti said.
Total enrollment: 52,505 K-12 students are enrolled in DPSCD compared to 2024: 53,044 students. (BridgeDetroit)

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This is really important, but we don’t think about it as much as we should. Detroit is bordered by 20 other local municipalities including two fully surrounded by the city, and one international city (making it 21?) – Windsor (239 municipalities in 7-county region). Shoutout to the Greater Detroit Windsor Project Conference set to happen at the WSU Law School on October 17th to explore connections and opportunities in our region!

DETROITography has a fun map puzzle if you want to test your regional geography knowledge:
http://detroitmap.xyz (DETROITography)