BRIGHTMOOR

Brightmoor is a roughly 4-square-mile neighborhood near the northwest border of the city. While there were once about 35,000, this number has dwindled to about 12,000 by 2019. As of 2010, the vacany rate in Brightmoor was 29.4 percent: double the rate since 2000, and the poverty rate was 42.5% as per the 2010 census. In mid-2014, it was estimated that 50% of the 9,848 surveyed lots were vacant, largely as a result of demolition efforts that began decades earlier. Another 1,636 structures were unoccupied.

Brightmoor Property Data

This graphic shows the ownership breakdown of 9,983 parcels in the Brightmoor neighborhood. DLBA stands for the Detroit Land Bank Authority.

Brightmoor Census Data

This graphic shows census data for the Brightmoor neighborhood from 1930-2020 highlighting racial makeup of the population and median household income.

Aerial view of the Brightmoor neighborhood in 1949 versus 2022. Move the slider to left or right to see the decrease in housing density.

The Contested Urbanisms of Abandonment – Brightmoor
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