Wayne County, MI parcel and infrastructure data API
Korzy has about 380,000 parcel records for Wayne County, Michigan, with source updates through October 2026. Nearly every record carries owner names; 92% include land use and 74% include values. In and around the county the API also maps about 10 data-center projects (5 operating); about 490 miles of active rail; and about 10 power plants with about 1,400 MW of capacity, led by natural gas. Look up any parcel by address or coordinates, then check nearby data-center projects, utilities and grid context at the same point.
Parcel coverage in Wayne County
About 380,000 parcel records with boundaries, situs addresses and parcel numbers, with the latest source update from October 2026. Each record has a stable korzy_id you can store and look up again with /api/parcel-record. Share of records with each field:
| Field | Coverage | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Situs address | Nearly all · 100% | |
| Owner name | Nearly all · 99% | |
| Assessed or market value | Many · 74% | |
| Year built | Many · 61% | |
| Building size | Many · 61% | |
| Last sale | Many · 74% | |
| Land use | Most · 92% | |
| Zoning | Not published |
Owner name and mailing address are returned with include_owner=true, which doubles a request's cost: a parcel record costs 2 credits instead of 1. 99% of Wayne County records carry an owner name.
Infrastructure in and around Wayne County
Power plants
About 10 operable plants with about 1,400 MW of nameplate capacity; largest by capacity: natural gas, battery and pumped storage, other fuels. Proposed generators add about 240 MW.
Plant details: /api/power/plants/{plant_id}
Substations and transmission
About 130 in-service substations, about 20 rated 230 kV or higher.
About 540 miles of transmission lines: about 320 mi at 100–161 kV; about 65 mi at 220–287 kV; about 110 mi at 345 kV.
Water and sewer service
Service areas of about 55 community water systems cover about 76% of the county.
Sewer service areas of 7 systems cover about 84%.
At a point: /api/utilities/context
Data-center projects
About 10 tracked projects: 5 operating, 2 proposed, 4 status not reported. Reported planned capacity: about 1,100 MW.
Within 10 km of a point: /api/datacenters/context
Grid capacity data
1 utility-published grid capacity layer cover parts of Wayne County, including load headroom.
Sources and dates: /api/grid/capacity/summary
Flood zones and wetlands
Special flood hazard areas cover about 9% of the county on the current federal flood maps, published October 2026.
Mapped wetlands cover about 5%.
Rail, ports and freight
- About 490 miles of active rail, about 240 of it main line
- About 150 miles of national freight network highway
- 2 port areas with reported cargo tonnage
- 4 intermodal rail terminals
Within 25 km of a point: /api/logistics/context
Example requests for Wayne County
Real responses from the production API, trimmed to the main fields. Every request needs an API key with api:read; see authentication and credits and limits.
1. Find a parcel by address
/api/search matches 12737 LINWOOD, DETROIT, MI and returns the parcel's korzy_id, coordinates and record. 1 credit.
curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'q=12737 LINWOOD, DETROIT, MI' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/searchPython
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.korzy.co/api/search",
params={"q": "12737 LINWOOD, DETROIT, MI"},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
parcel = response.json()["results"][0]
print(parcel["korzy_id"], parcel["longitude"], parcel["latitude"])Response (trimmed)
{
"results": [
{
"korzy_id": "26163-2af90053ab8bf9da9536",
"address": "12737 LINWOOD",
"city": "DETROIT",
"postcode": "48238",
"county": "Wayne",
"statefp": "26",
"longitude": -83.1202486589235,
"latitude": 42.389873699999995,
"match_type": "exact",
"parcelid": "10007588",
"parceladdr": "12737 LINWOOD",
"parcelcity": "DETROIT",
"situs_zip": "48238",
"usedesc": "MIXED USE-OFFICE",
"yearbuilt": 1925,
"bldgsqft": 6012,
"taxacres": 0.199,
"totalvalue": 0,
"saledate": "2017-12-28",
"saleamt": 25000,
"updated": "2026-10-30",
"geoid": "26163"
}
],
"truncated": false
}With include_owner=true (2 credits) the record adds owner fields, shown here as placeholders:
{
"owner_name": "EXAMPLE HOLDINGS LLC",
"owner_mailing_address": "100 EXAMPLE ST, SAMPLE CITY, ST 00000"
}2. Look up the parcel at a point
/api/query/point returns every parcel whose boundary covers the coordinates; here it returns the same record, 26163-2af90053ab8bf9da9536, in records. 1 credit per 10 records requested.
curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'longitude=-83.120249' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=42.389874' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=5' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/query/pointJavaScript
const params = new URLSearchParams({"longitude": "-83.120249", "latitude": "42.389874", "limit": "5"});
const response = await fetch(`https://api.korzy.co/api/query/point?${params}`, {
headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.KORZY_API_KEY}` },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Korzy API ${response.status}`);
const { records } = await response.json();
console.log(records.map((record) => record.korzy_id));3. Check nearby data-center projects
/api/datacenters/context lists data-center projects within 10 km of the point, nearest first. 1 credit per 10 records requested.
curl --fail-with-body -sS --get \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $KORZY_API_KEY" \
--data-urlencode 'longitude=-83.120249' \
--data-urlencode 'latitude=42.389874' \
--data-urlencode 'radius_km=10' \
--data-urlencode 'limit=3' \
https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/contextPython
import os
import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://api.korzy.co/api/datacenters/context",
params={"longitude": "-83.120249", "latitude": "42.389874", "radius_km": "10", "limit": "3"},
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['KORZY_API_KEY']}"},
timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
for project in response.json()["projects"]:
print(project["name"], project["status"], project["distance_km"])Response (trimmed)
{
"projects": [
{
"project_id": "dc_6abb8ef2c94b93876669",
"name": "Unnamed data center",
"operator": "Verizon Wireless",
"status": "unknown",
"city": "Detroit",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -83.07697676797723,
"latitude": 42.3262376,
"location_precision": "footprint",
"distance_km": 7.9191300175095245
},
{
"project_id": "dc_5dd99f889760a042b769",
"name": "Unnamed data center",
"operator": "Quicken Loans",
"status": "unknown",
"city": "Detroit",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -83.06971683362536,
"latitude": 42.32616885,
"location_precision": "footprint",
"distance_km": 8.210891751797883
},
{
"project_id": "dc_5f933bec697ecfd2df76",
"name": "Cogent Detroit Data Center (1320 3rd St)",
"operator": "Cogent Communications",
"status": "operating",
"city": "Detroit",
"state": "MI",
"longitude": -83.055773,
"latitude": 42.330743,
"location_precision": "approximate",
"distance_km": 8.443731714233017
}
],
"radius_km": 10,
"limit": 3,
"truncated": true
}Wayne County data questions
- How many parcels in Wayne County include year built?
- About 230,000 of about 380,000 parcel records (61%) include year built.
- Does the Korzy API return owner names for Wayne County parcels?
- Yes. 99% of Wayne County parcel records carry an owner name. Add include_owner=true to a point, search or parcel-record request; it doubles the request's cost, so a single parcel record costs 2 credits.
- How many data-center projects are in Wayne County?
- Korzy tracks about 10 data-center projects in Wayne County: 5 operating, 4 status not reported and 2 proposed. /api/datacenters/context lists projects within 10 km of any point.
- How much power generation is in Wayne County?
- About 10 operable power plants in Wayne County total about 1,400 MW of nameplate capacity, mainly natural gas, battery and pumped storage and other fuels.
- Which water systems serve Wayne County?
- Service areas of about 55 community water systems cover about 76% of Wayne County, and sewer service areas cover about 84%. /api/utilities/context returns the water and sewer matches at a point.
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Build on Wayne County parcel data
Search, point and record lookups work the same in every county Korzy covers. Credits are shared across parcels, utilities, environment, logistics and data-center routes.