Would you say that Grosse Pointe has finally been cracked by Blacks and Latinos? (Grosse Pointe Woods: houses, neighborhood)

[GreyDay]

Would you say that Grosse Pointe has finally been cracked by Blacks and Latinos?

[detroitlove]

No, not really. There are some but still very few

[Ohio248]

I would say yes. GP North has a large black population, and GP South has a smaller but fast-growing black population.

GP Park and GP Woods, in particular, have growing black communities.

[zthatzmanz28]

Has there been an increase of houses being put on the market recently?

[Retroit]

Grosse Pointe Park: 6.1% Black, 2.4% Latino
Grosse Pointe Farms: 0%, 2.3%
Grosse Pointe Woods: 1.4, 1.1
Grosse Pointe City: 0.3, 2.9

www.cencus.org

[chiroptera]

That link didn't work for me...you mean census.gov?

My ex's kids lived in Grosse Pointe (the city I guess, just off of Kercheval towards the water) and I was there often in the neighborhood and for school events. It seemed pretty much overwhelmingly white to me unless that has changed within the last 3-4 years.

[Retroit]

Originally Posted by chiroptera

That link didn't work for me...you mean census.gov?

That's correct. Just wanted to see if you were paying attention.

[detroitlove]

Originally Posted by Ohio248

I would say yes. GP North has a large black population, and GP South has a smaller but fast-growing black population.

GP Park and GP Woods, in particular, have growing black communities.

Originally Posted by Retroit

Grosse Pointe Park: 6.1% Black, 2.4% Latino
Grosse Pointe Farms: 0%, 2.3%
Grosse Pointe Woods: 1.4, 1.1
Grosse Pointe City: 0.3, 2.9

www.cencus.org

GP may have a bigger black and latino population than what GP used to have but I'd hardly call it "large".

[hockeywidow]

I live in GPP and my daughter's kindergarten class has 18 students -- 4 are African-American, 2 are Asian, 1 Middle Eastern (Iranian), no Latinos. That's over 1/3 rd of the class, and I think it's great. Nice kids and nice parents.

I know that type of classroom breakdown isn't representative of all the Pointes, but there is some diversity in GPP.

[Ohio248]

Originally Posted by detroitlove

GP may have a bigger black and latino population than what GP used to have but I'd hardly call it "large".

I'm talking about the public schools, not the general population. I mentioned GP North and GP South High schools.

And your race-based data is from 2000, when the Pointes were very different.

I guarantee that when the 2010 race numbers come out, there will be an upsurge in blacks in all the Pointes.

I think one elementary school is close to majority black (drawing from GP Woods and a tiny bit of Harper Woods). This is a huge change from a few years back.