Detroit Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,957 at the 2020 census.
History
The community of Detroit Beach was established by the Industrial Development Company in 1923 and so named in order to attract lot buyers from Detroit.
Geography
The community is in Frenchtown Charter Township on the shores of Lake Erie about northeast of the city of Monroe. The area defined by the CDP is bounded on the northeast by South Grove Drive, on the northwest by North Dixie Highway, and on the southwest by the Sandy Creek and Sterling State Park. Detroit Beach is the main community, but the CDP also extends to include residents and storefronts along North Dixie Highway, as well as the Frenchtown Harbor condominiums and a small portion of Grand Beach. The CDP of Woodland Beach borders to the northeast.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has a total area of , of which are land and (6.06%) are water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Detroit Beach had a population of 1,957. The median age was 43.8 years. 20.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 15.9% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 106.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 106.6 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 776 households in Detroit Beach, of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.2% were married-couple households, 23.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 22.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.