Single-family homes in Morningside, 2026

Every place has a story, and the numbers tell more of it than you might think. The Census puts the homes that are single-family houses in Morningside at 78.8%.

That is 13% above the Wayne County figure of 69.6%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 69.8%, it is 13% above.

Where Morningside stands

Among 138 Detroit neighborhoods, Morningside has the 57th highest figure, above 59% of them. The middle figure in that group is 73.7%, so Morningside sits above the typical one.

The range runs from 0.6% in Wayne State to 100.0% in Rosedale Park. The highest figures in the group belong to Rosedale Park (100.0%), O’Hair Park (98.3%), and Plymouth-Hubbell (98.1%).

Next door

East English Village nearby comes in at 82.5%, 5% higher. Fox Creek nearby comes in at 51.3%, 35% lower.

Outer Drive-Hayes nearby comes in at 82.0%, 4% higher. Yorkshire Woods nearby comes in at 76.5%, 3% lower.

Related numbers

For homes in buildings of 20 or more units, Morningside comes in at 0.5%. For homes standing vacant, Morningside comes in at 19.0%.

For homes with four or more bedrooms, Morningside comes in at 26.1%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Single-family houses mean yards and driveways; fewer of them means more apartments, condos and duplexes.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Morningside with the 138 Detroit neighborhoods that have the same figure on file, highest first.

A neighborhood's figures combine the Census tracts whose center falls inside its boundary.