Grosse Pointe Woods is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 16,137 people and four associated neighborhoods, Grosse Pointe Woods is the 76th largest community in Michigan. Grosse Pointe Woods real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Grosse Pointe Woods house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Grosse Pointe Woods is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 92.66% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Grosse Pointe Woods is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grosse Pointe Woods who work in management occupations (17.21%), sales jobs (10.25%), and healthcare (9.87%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 24.09% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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 nightlife, 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.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Grosse Pointe Woods, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Grosse Pointe Woods is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.05% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Grosse Pointe Woods in 2022 was $60,053, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $240,212 for a family of four. The people who call Grosse Pointe Woods home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grosse Pointe Woods residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Grosse Pointe Woods include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Grosse Pointe Woods is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
