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Area Guide

West Side Detroit, MI

Brooks, a neighborhood in western Detroit, Michigan sits just northeast of the University of Michigan's Dearborn campus and west of Wayne State University. This cozy community features houses and apartments for rent in a variety of styles and locations accessible to other major thoroughfares, such as the Southfield Freeway on the neighborhood's west side, with downtown Dearborn less than 10 miles away. Locals gather at the Edison branch of the public library for quiet reading or activities including Wii gaming. At lunch and dinnertime, they enjoy casual meals at Caesar's Coney Island, where the popular chicken kabob dinner brings them back time and again.

Rent Trends

As of September 2026, the average apartment rent in West Side is $643 for a studio, $700 for one bedroom, and $777 for two bedrooms. Apartment rent in West Side has increased by 0.8% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 324 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $643/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 534 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $700/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 765 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $777/month

    Average Rent

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Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Limited Public Transit

Transit

30 / 100

Moderately Drivable

Drivability

60 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

50 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk

Groceries

80 / 100

Good Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

70 / 100

Fair Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

50 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

70 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

60 / 100

Limited Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

20 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

30 / 100

Fair Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

50 / 100

Not Noisy

Quiet Score

90 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Environmental Interpretive Center
  • Wayne State University Museum of Natural History
  • Detroit Historical Museum
  • Michigan Science Center
  • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village

Airports

  • Detroit Metro Wayne County

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in September 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.