Grosse Pointe Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 12,443 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Grosse Pointe Park is the 108th largest community in Michigan. Grosse Pointe Park has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Grosse Pointe Park is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grosse Pointe Park is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grosse Pointe Park who work in management occupations (16.43%), sales jobs (12.49%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.69%).

Of important note, Grosse Pointe Park is also a city of artists. Grosse Pointe Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Grosse Pointe Park's character.

Also of interest is that Grosse Pointe Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Grosse Pointe Park, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Grosse Pointe Park is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Grosse Pointe Park is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Grosse Pointe Park a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Grosse Pointe Park has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Grosse Pointe Park's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Grosse Pointe Park by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.1% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Grosse Pointe Park may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

As is often the case in a small city, Grosse Pointe Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Grosse Pointe Park Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Grosse Pointe Park is a pretty powerful place. 59.54% of the adults in Grosse Pointe Park have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Grosse Pointe Park in 2000 was $42,051, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,204 for a family of four. However, Grosse Pointe Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Grosse Pointe Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Grosse Pointe Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grosse Pointe Park include German, Irish, English, Polish, Italian, Scottish, and Greek.

The most common language spoken in Grosse Pointe Park is English.