The only population count that counts is the one held every 10 years

Recently, we reported that Hamtramck has seen a slight dip in its population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
That adjustment is based on the bureau’s own quirky estimates, which have been suspect in the past.
If anything, it appears the city’s population keeps growing.
How do we know this?
Easy: look at the housing demand. People are looking hard everywhere in town for a place to rent, or purchase. Hamtramck’s real estate market has been on fire for the past several years – even during the covid pandemic.
Also, housing developers have been buying up city-owned vacant lots as fast as the city can market them.
Why?
Because there is money to be made in the housing market, and developers will go where the money is.
We bring this up only because there are a lot of federal dollars tied up in every community’s population; the more people you count as residents results in more federal funding for such things as street repairs and other infrastructure needs.
The one constant hang-up for Hamtramck is getting people to voluntarily participate in the Census. That’s why it’s important for city officials to organize a Census drive before the official Census count happens.
That Census count is held every 10 years; the next will be in 2030.
By that time, there likely won’t be a vacant lot left to sell or develop.
Hamtramck was once home to over 50,000 people when the auto factories were operating at full capacity, and were still actually located in the U.S., and we may be trending in that direction once more.
These are exciting times for the city.
Posted June 9, 2023