Housing in Brightmoor at a glance
- Population
- about 12,689
- Housing units
- about 6,614
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $69,000Detroit: $83,900 (-18%)
- Median gross rent
- $990 a monthDetroit: $1,074 (-7%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 43.1%Detroit: 50.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 93.2%
- Median year built
- 1952
Brightmoor has the lowest owner share in Detroit: owners make up just 43.1% of households, against 50.3% across the city, so renters are the larger group. Owner estimates of $69,000 rank sixth, a little under the $83,900 for Detroit, and rent is $990, eighth and below Detroit's $1,074. In the north-west of the city, it lies beside Franklin Park, where owners estimate $57,000, and Warrendale, the same $57,000 but with rent of $1,180, and Crary/St Marys, which reaches $110,000 with 61.9% owners. The housing is old: 93.2% dates from before 1980, while the average-age home rose in 1952, the latest year among these neighbours, which makes Brightmoor's stock a bit younger than theirs, even if it is still a very old stock in absolute terms. The sector counts 12,689 residents, and owners and renters are closest to even here only in the sense that renters are ahead, which is a reversal of the pattern in Bagley and Crary/St Marys.
Questions about Brightmoor
What is the median home value in Brightmoor, Detroit?
$69,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $83,900 for Detroit as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Brightmoor?
$990 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,074 in Detroit (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Brightmoor own or rent?
Most rent: 43.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 50.3% in Detroit (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 7 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Brightmoor is one of the 10 most populous of 205 neighborhoods of Detroit: estimated population about 12,689 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Detroit Open Data, Current City of Detroit Neighborhoods, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Detroit as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Brightmoor
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Brightmoor. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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