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Corktown
Neighborhood Intelligence

Explore Detroit building permits, police incident data, and M3 zoning in Corktown, Roosevelt Park, a 9.5-acre neighborhood park.

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1,697

Population

$61,210

Median Income

$521,000

Median Home Value

1,208

Housing Units

Based on 2024 ACS data

About Corktown

Corktown has North Corktown and Downtown to the north, Downtown to the east, Hubbard Richard and Central Southwest to the west, and West Side Industrial and Central Southwest to the south. The Corktown Historic District, Penn Central Station and the Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Roosevelt Park is a 9.5-acre neighborhood park and Savage Park a 2.2-acre one. Michigan Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard cross the area.

Zoning is a mix of General Industrial (M3) at 29 percent, General Business (B4) at 21 percent, Intensive Industrial (M4) at 17 percent and Two-Family Residential (R2) at 10 percent. Inside Corktown, riders can board DDOT Route 2 Michigan, DDOT Route 1 Vernor, DDOT Route 29 Linwood and DDOT Route 27 Joy.

Boundaries

N North Corktown and Downtown
S West Side Industrial and Central Southwest
E Downtown
W Hubbard Richard and Central Southwest

Transit

DDOT Route 2 Michigan
DDOT Route 1 Vernor
DDOT Route 29 Linwood
DDOT Route 27 Joy
DDOT Route 19 Fort

Landmarks

Corktown Historic District
Penn Central Station
Checker Cab Taxi Garage and Office
Roosevelt Park
Savage Park

Nearby:Chadsey Condon →Midtown →Downtown →North Corktown →Central Southwest →

What CivicScout Tracks in Corktown

SAF

Safety & Crime Data

CivicScout tracks Detroit Police Department incidents that carry a location for Corktown, counted by the neighborhood the department tags each report with. The feed leaves out hit-and-run traffic accidents, runaway and found-property records, recovered-vehicle records and unfounded cases, and reports taken by the Hamtramck, Highland Park, Dearborn and Grosse Pointe police departments are not in it. CivicScout does not have traffic crash data for Detroit.

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BLD

Building Permits

The most common permit types issued in Corktown over the past year are alteration permits and change of occupancy/use permits.

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DEV

What's Being Built

Major construction and high-impact permits — see what’s changing across the neighborhood.

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ZON

Zoning Intelligence

Zoning in Corktown is a mix of General Industrial (M3) and General Business (B4), by area; the exact district varies by parcel.

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SCH

Schools

The zoned public schools assigned by attendance boundary.

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RPT

Location Reports

A CivicScout report for any Corktown address combines permits, police incidents, 311 requests, food inspections, parks and zoning within a half mile. Police incidents and permits on the neighborhood page follow the official neighborhood outline; the other layers use the area around the neighborhood center.

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