Michigan Real Estate & Relocation Guide

Allen Park, Michigan

Population: 29,376

Located in Wayne County

Allen Park is an advantageous location with easy access to major interstates and freeways. Allen Park is located ten miles southwest of Downtown Detroit, and adjoins Lincoln Park on the east, Taylor on the west and Melvindale on the north.

This is a small city with big ambitions! And residents who love their city. Once you move here, it is rare that you move away. Many times you can trace grandparents, great-grandparents and even great-great-grandparents who all live within a five block radius of each other.

Schools are well established, and offer excellent education. The student-teacher ratio is good and allows for a lot of one-on-one interaction, and learning opportunities. Field trips include excursions to the famed Greenfield Village, the Henry Ford Museum, the Henry Ford Estate, and Toledo Zoo, as well as the newly refurbished Detroit Zoo.

With downtown Detroit within reach, there are many night time activities that take place in the many theaters and restaurants. Allen Park itself has many family restaurants, and include a wide range of ethnicities. So, come and try Mexican, or Lebanese or Arabic, you'll find it all right here!

Allen Park is known as one of the "downriver communities", which means it is close to the Detroit River, and is the way the locals differentiate it from other communities like Dearborn, which is its neighbor.

Allen Park is where Ford Motor Company has many of its buildings, making it an ideal location for many of the employees. It is also a short distance from many downtown hospitals, which allows for many of the staff to live locally. A straight shot up the Southfield gets residents to the northern suburbs easily, and Allen Park is also convenient to the I94 and I75.

Homes are well established, many of them are ranch homes built in the 1940's and 1950's - sturdy brick with fine detail in the brick work and in the designs. They have increased in value dramatically in the last decade or so, and now the average 1,200 square foot home sells anywhere from $139,000 to $189,000 depending on features. Sub-divisions are well maintained, and there is a definite sense of community, as you will see neighbor helping neighbor, both summer and winter, with routine yard work.

Business is booming, the housing market it excellent, schools are wonderful, and access to other parts of Detroit is a breeze. Why not come and be a part of the Allen Park family?