Vacant homes in Lasalle College Park, 2026

Look past the headlines and the numbers start talking. The Census puts the homes standing vacant in Lasalle College Park at 30.0%.

That is 139% above the Wayne County figure of 12.5%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 8.2%, it is 267% above.

Where Lasalle College Park stands

Among 138 Detroit neighborhoods, Lasalle College Park has the 37th highest figure, above 74% of them. The middle figure in that group is 20.7%, so Lasalle College Park sits above the typical one.

The range runs from 3.2% in Far West Detroit to 51.6% in Palmer Park. The highest figures in the group belong to Palmer Park (51.6%), Petoskey-Otsego (50.4%), and Wildemere Park (49.3%).

Next door

Gratiot-Findlay nearby comes in at 13.5%, 55% lower. Eden Gardens nearby comes in at 31.8%, 6% higher.

Wade nearby comes in at 31.9%, 6% higher. Chandler Park nearby comes in at 21.5%, 28% lower.

Related numbers

For homes that are single-family houses, Lasalle College Park comes in at 78.8%. For homes in buildings of 20 or more units, Lasalle College Park comes in at 0.9%.

For homes with four or more bedrooms, Lasalle College Park comes in at 11.5%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Vacant homes weigh on a block, and they are also where the next renovation usually starts.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Lasalle College Park 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.