Grosse Pointe is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 5,670 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Grosse Pointe is the 206th largest community in Michigan. Grosse Pointe 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 is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grosse Pointe is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grosse Pointe who work in management occupations (18.97%), sales jobs (13.59%), and teaching (11.06%).

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Grosse Pointe. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Grosse Pointe.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Grosse Pointe 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.

Grosse Pointe is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Grosse Pointe Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Grosse Pointe, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Grosse Pointe is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.92% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Grosse Pointe in 2000 was $53,942, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $215,768 for a family of four. However, Grosse Pointe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Grosse Pointe is English.