In its latest national home listing report, released last week, Coldwell Banker ranks the City of Grosse Pointe as the 64th most expensive home market in Michigan with the average price of a typical four-bedroom, two-bath home listed at $181,700.
Coldwell Banker's commmunity overview puts the median Grosse Pointe household income at $86,858 and says 32 percent of households are families with children. Half the population commutes 23 minutes or more to work and 85 percent of residents hold white collar jobs while 15 percent residents hold blue collar jobs.
According to the report, which looked at 2,479 communities across the country, the average price of a typical four-bedroom, two-bath in the United States is $292,152. That price tag jumps to $742,551 in Hawaii, the nation’s most expensive state.
Joining the City of Grosse Pointe in the Great Lake State's priciest communities, according to Coldwell Banker, are a number of neighboring towns, such as Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Royal Oak, Rochester Hills, and Berkley.
Redford, meanwhile, is the least expensive community in state and the entire nation, according to Coldwell Banker, with an average listing price of $60,490 for a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home.
Rank in Michigan Community Average Price 1 Birmingham $429,800 3 Bloomfield Twp. $328,034 4 Northville $325,600 9 Rochester Hills $300,538 12 Berkley $285,573 16 Plymouth $271,924 17 Novi $268,812 25 Royal Oak $253,507 39 Troy $228,404 41 Sterling Heights $218,928 42 Farmington Hills $218,388 57 Livonia $193,778 64 Grosse Pointe $181,700 90 Southfield $123,843 96 Warren $99,349 98 Detroit $65,155 99* Redford $60,490Source: Coldwell Banker's Michigan Home Listing Report. *Communities in Michigan were ranked from 1 to 99 in the report.
http://www.coldwellbanker.com/real_estate/home_search/MI/GROSSE%20POINTE The data is based on the price homes sold for, not the price people are asking for their homes.
Grosse Pointe Shores: $372,000 Grosse Pointe Park: $218,000 Grosse Pointe Farms: $216,000 Grosse Pointe City: $203,000 Grosse Pointe Woods: $141,000 St. Clair Shores: $77,000 Harper Woods: $42,000 Detroit: $28,000
Another possible caveat to the data provided by Coldwell Banker is that a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom home may not be representative of the typical housing stock in a community. Coldwell Banker's value of 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom homes for a particular community may be skewed if few of those homes actually exist.
The full table of Michigan communities in the Coldwell Banker report also provides links to available listings for each community. However, when you click the link for "Available Homes" under Grosse Pointe, there are only five listings provided. None are in Grosse Pointe; four listings are in other GP communities and one listing is in Brooklyn, a small town south of Jackson, Michigan. The same link for Berkley yields zero available listings.
Grosse Pointe Shores: $385,000 Grosse Pointe Park: $224,000 Grosse Pointe Farms: $221,000 Grosse Pointe City: $208,000 Grosse Pointe Woods: $145,000 St. Clair Shores: $79,000 Harper Woods: $42,000 Detroit: $29,000