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Detroit, Michigan

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Detroit is the largest city within a 50 mile [80 km] radius.

The next largest community is Windsor (ON). It lies just southeast of Detroit and has a population of 197,694 people.<1>

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Ann Arbor   W32 mi [51.5 km]114,3860.32% increase
 Dearborn Heights   SW9 mi [14.48 km]51,97210.8% decrease
 Dearborn   SW7 mi [11.27 km]86,47711.56% decrease
 Farmington Hills   NW15 mi [24.14 km]78,5224.37% decrease
 Livonia   W13 mi [20.92 km]91,2209.27% decrease
 Pontiac   NW20 mi [32.19 km]66,0950.36% decrease
 Rochester Hills   N19 mi [30.58 km]69,0140.27% increase
 Royal Oak   N9 mi [14.48 km]57,1104.91% decrease
 Saint Clair Shores   NE13 mi [20.92 km]60,3644.33% decrease
 Southfield   NW10 mi [16.09 km]75,3923.71% decrease
 Sterling Heights   N14 mi [22.53 km]127,1602.16% increase
 Taylor   SW13 mi [20.92 km]60,6197.97% decrease
 Troy   N13 mi [20.92 km]80,2640.86% decrease
 Warren   NE8 mi [12.87 km]133,9393.12% decrease
 Westland   W14 mi [22.53 km]78,9618.82% decrease

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Berkley   NW8 mi [12.87 km]14,7874.79% decrease
 Center Line   NE7 mi [11.27 km]8,1354.64% decrease
 Ferndale   N5 mi [8.05 km]21,1124.49% decrease
 Greenfield Village   SW8 mi [12.87 km]---
 Hamtramck   E2 mi [3.22 km]20,51210.72% decrease
 Hazel Park   N5 mi [8.05 km]17,9555.32% decrease
 Highland Park   NLess than 2 mi14,15315.48% decrease
 Huntington Woods   NW7 mi [11.27 km]5,8115.53% decrease
 Oak Park   NW6 mi [9.66 km]30,5472.53% increase
 Pleasant Ridge   N6 mi [9.66 km]2,4694.82% decrease
 River Rouge   S7 mi [11.27 km]8,44914.8% decrease
 East Windsor (ON)   SE7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Sandwich (ON)   S7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Twin Sandwich (ON)   S7 mi [11.27 km]---
 Walkerville (ON)   SE6 mi [9.66 km]---

Wayne County

Detroit is located in Wayne County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wayne: Macomb, Monroe, Oakland and Washtenaw.

While not sharing a border with Wayne, the counties of Essex (ON) and Saint Clair are close to Detroit.

Below are counties that are near Detroit (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Detroit:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Detroit
 Lapeer County   NAlmont37 miles [59 km]
 Livingston County   WRushton30 miles [48 km]
 Macomb County   NECenter Line7 miles [11 km]
 Monroe County   SSouth Rockwood23 miles [37 km]
 Oakland County   NFerndale5 miles [8 km]
 Saint Clair County   NEMiller25 miles [40 km]
 Shiawassee County   SWYork37 miles [59 km]
 Washtenaw County   WBrookville24 miles [38 km]
 Municipality of Chatham-Kent (ON)   EJeannettes Creek (ON)35 miles [56 km]
 Essex County (ON)   SEWindsor (ON)4 miles [6 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Detroit. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Off-the-Road Links

The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Detroit:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Detroit? Please visit the Map Page for Detroit.


Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Detroit.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Detroit and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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