The charming city of Northville has a population of approximately 6,511. Its residents and visitors can enjoy its scenic rural countryside and relaxing, small town lifestyle. Northville is committed to preserving its rich heritage and beautiful surroundings, yet is within easy reach of all the attractions and amenities of the big city. It offers a high standard of education, excellent employment opportunities and the enjoyment of a rural environment. Here you can have the best of both worlds.
Location
Northville is located at the northern end of Northville Township in northwest Wayne County on the western fringe of the Detroit Metro area.
The city is equally divided between Wayne and Oakland Counties. Northville can be easily accessed off of M-14 and I-96 both running east and west, or off of I-275 running north and south.
Northville is located approximately 22 miles northwest of Detroit and 14 miles from Ann Arbor. It is 52 miles north of Toledo, Ohio, and 56 miles east of Lansing, Michigan’s capital city.
Geography/Terrain
The city has a total area of 2.2 square miles, and 0.50% of it is water. The Northville area is known for its rolling hills. The major waterway in the area is the River Rouge. It is 126 miles long and is divided into four branches, the main, upper, middle, and lower branches.
The middle branch of the River Rouge originates in Northville with the joining of the "Walled Lake branch" and Johnson Drain. From Northville, it flows south through Northville Township and Plymouth Township before turning to the southeast in the city of Plymouth.
Jobs
Northville is one of the more prosperous communities in Wayne/Oakland Counties. Its well-educated residents earn above the county average, and over 50% of the city’s households earn in excess of $50,000 per year.
The City’s major employers are the Northville Downs Racetrack, Belanger Inc., Jack Doheny Supplies, and Michigan Gift Mart.
Other industries providing employment in the area are: education, health and social services (21.9%), manufacturing (20.6%), professional, scientific, management, administrative (12.2%), and retail trade (10.6%).
The median household income in Northville is $88,198, and unemployment is a very low
1.7%. The average time to travel to work in the city is 23.7 minutes.
Housing
The residents of Northville live in a beautiful natural environment in homes ranging in price from $200,000 to over a million. The median price of a single-family home in the area is $334,839.
Homes in the Northville area are fairly new. More than 75% of them were built after 1970, and approximately half of them after 1980. However, there are some older homes dating back to the 1800s, adding to the variety and charm of the local architecture. There is a wide range of housing available, including single-family residences, condominiums, and multi-family complexes. Northville Township offers a number of single family and condominium communities.
Recreation
The Northville Parks and Recreation Department has two indoor facilities. The Northville Community Center includes a gymnasium, stage and bleachers. The Recreation Center at Hillside is equipped with an indoor swimming pool, two gymnasiums, multi-purpose classrooms, and fitness rooms.
Northville has five community park facilities, namely Ford Field, Fish Hatchery Park, Henningsen Park, Northville Community Park, and its newest facility, Millennium Park.
Northville also is home to Maybury State Park, which encompasses almost 1,000 acres of gently rolling terrain, open meadow, and mature forest, with a remarkable variety of flowers and wildlife.
Northville offers a full range of recreational activities, for every age and interest. There is soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, and lacrosse. There is also volleyball, badminton, swimming, bowling, camping, canoeing, boating, golf, hiking, and horseback riding. There is something here for everyone.
For those who love golf, Northville has 5 top-notch courses.
Bushwood Golf Course is a 9-hole course with over-sized and undulating greens.
Downing Farms Golf Course is a public, 18-hole course built on rolling terrain, featuring tree-lined fairways and greens protected by grass and sand bunkers.
Meadowbrook Country Club is a private, 18-hole course, with an older, traditional design.
Northville Hills Golf Club is a championship, semi-private, 18-hole course, part of a master planned golf community featuring magnificent fairway homes, estate homes, and villas. It has enormous greens, and its fairways are lined with mature trees. Natural wetland areas and lakes dot the course.
Salem Hills Golf Club is a public, 18-hole course, built on flat terrain with large undulating greens.
Special Attractions/Events
Northville offers an extensive range of dining and entertainment options, with over 175 unique shops, galleries, theaters, restaurants and businesses.
The Marquis Theater offers live performance children’s theater as well as theatrical camps and workshops for children and young adults throughout the summer. The Band Shell, situated across the street from the Marquis Theater offers outdoor concerts during the summer months. A recently created entertainment event for young people is, ’Tunes on Tuesday’, which will feature children’s musicians, performers, and magicians.
Northville is home to Northville Downs Racetrack, Northville Cider Mill, and Mill Race Historical Village. It has many delightful special events such as the Victorian Festival, Art in the Sun Juried Art Show, State of the Community Luncheon, Taste of Northville Business Showcase, Grub Crawl, Hometown Holidays and the weekly Farmers Market. These events bring more than 150,000 people to the area every year.
Interesting Facts/Historic Buildings and Places
The City of Northville was incorporated as a village in 1867 and as a city in 1955.
Northville has maintained its Victorian charm with its many historic homes, renovated landmarks, old fashioned street lamps, its four-sided town clock and the old-fashioned ice cream parlor.
Northville is the birthplace of Thom Knapp, a college basketball player for the Navy Midshipmen.
Northville is part of the award winning Northville School District. The Northville Public Schools district math and reading MEAP scores run about 35% above the state averages.
Mill Race Village is one of the favorite places for residents and visitors to enjoy. The Northville Historical Society has gathered local historic buildings and restored them into a living museum.
Other favorite landmarks are the Northville Water Wheel and the Northville Well that still supplies refreshing spring water.
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