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Disaster risk in Detroit

Detroit ranks #97 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 28 — Quiet. That puts it in the 28th percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Michigan.

resilience score
28
Quiet
National rank
#97 of 134
In Michigan
#1 of 1
Percentile
28th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Detroit sits 22 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Detroit

  1. T#95 Bakersfield, CA 29
  2. T#95 Plano, TX 29
  3. #97 Detroit, MI — this page 28
  4. #98 Santa Barbara, CA 27
  5. #99 Tucson, AZ 26

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Detroit

Detroit scores 45 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: