Grosse Pointe Woods is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 17,080 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Grosse Pointe Woods is the 82nd largest community in Michigan.

Grosse Pointe Woods is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.78% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grosse Pointe Woods is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grosse Pointe Woods who work in management occupations (16.30%), sales jobs (15.92%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.55%).

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

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

In addition, Grosse Pointe Woods is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." 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 Woods is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Grosse Pointe Woods really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Grosse Pointe Woods perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Residents of Grosse Pointe Woods by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.6% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Grosse Pointe Woods 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.

Grosse Pointe Woods Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Grosse Pointe Woods is a pretty powerful place. 51.24% of the adults in Grosse Pointe Woods 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 Woods in 2000 was $38,653, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $154,612 for a family of four. However, Grosse Pointe Woods contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Grosse Pointe Woods home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Grosse Pointe Woods is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grosse Pointe Woods include German, Italian, Irish, Polish, English, Scottish, Greek, Belgian, Lebanese, and French.

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