By: Flori Meeks  Mar. 12, 2018

While homeownership rates decreased across the board in Michigan between 2009 and 2016, Black households saw greater declines than White and Asian households.

Specifically, Black households in Michigan experienced a 7.39 percent drop in homeownership, while Asian households saw a 6.49 percent decline, and Whites experienced a decrease of 1.51 percent.

Gavop used U.S. Census Bureau data to produce a study that shows how homeownership rates in Michigan differed in comparison to national values. Most notably, while 68.72 percent of White U.S. households owned homes in 2016, 76.48 percent of White Michigan households owned homes, a difference of 7.76 percent.

In addition, the proportion of homeownership among Asian households was 3.34 percent higher in the U.S. than it was in Michigan, where 58.12 percent of Asian households owned homes. However, the proportion of Black households in the U.S. closely matched Michigan values with less than a 1 percent difference.

At the county level in Michigan, the greatest changes in homeownership among Black households occurred in Bay County, a 45.41 percent change; Lenawee County, a 29.73 percent change; and Macomb County, which saw a 19.16 percent change.

The Michigan counties to experience the lowest levels of change in homeownership rates among Black households were St. Clair County, less than 44.97 percent; Van Buren County, less than 32.54 percent; and Ottawa County, less than 29.45 percent.

Michigan counties with the greatest changes in proportions of homeownership by Asians were Kent County, which saw a 97.18 percent change; Oakland County, with a 31.01 percent change; and Macomb County, which had a 27.08 percent change.

The greatest changes in homeownership among White households in Michigan took place in Marquette County, 13.52 percent; Grand Traverse County, 11.75 percent; and Kalamazoo County, 6.24 percent.

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