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City of Plymouth 2024 / 2025 Budget
Plymouth Community Profile
Vision Statement
Our Vision is that we want Plymouth to be the leader in small town local government with
excellent services, unique partnerships and with team members who believe and live a
customer service model for both internal and external customers.
Mission Statement
The mission of the City of Plymouth is to ensure the quality of life of its citizens by providing
those public services which can best be delivered by local government, with modern and
cost -effective methods, on the basis of needs expressed and evaluated regularly through
citizen participation.
Plymouth's Beginning
When our nation was young and before Michigan became a state, a tract of land was
registered as follows: "The United States of America, by John Quincy Adams, President and
Commissioner of the General Land Office to Luther Lincoln, Jr.", dated April 2, 1825. Plymouth
was settled in 1825, was incorporated in 1867, and became a city in 1932.
It was George Starkweather, the first child born to settlers in present Plymouth Township, who
later in 1871 recognized the importance of a railroad to a community and decided that the
North Village of Plymouth would become the new center of town. He built a new store on the
corner of Liberty and Starkweather and opened a road through his property for other new
stores to locate. This area is presently known as "Old Village" or “Lowertown.”
Physical Description
2020 Census Information
Size and Location
The City of Plymouth is 2.2 square miles,
surrounded by Plymouth Township,
situated in western Wayne County and in
the Plymouth-Canton School District.
Parks
We are home to 12 neighborhood parks
and a portion of Wayne County’s Hines
Park.
Land Use
39% single-family homes
13% commercial
8% government/institution
7% industrial
6% park and open space
Population 9,370 including
4,466 households
1,480 seniors 65 and over
1,675 under 18
Among those age 25 and over
24.1% with graduate or professional
degree
32.4% with bachelor’s degree or higher
6.8% with associate degree
20.3% with some college but no degree
14% high school graduate
2.4% did not graduate high school
Income
Median Household $92,662
Per Capita $56,480
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