Inkster, MI: how dark is the sky here?

Inkster reads as suburban on this dataset's scale. Light dome dominates much of the sky. Only the brightest stars and planets stand out clearly. That's brighter than 55.1% of the 3,206 US cities in this dataset.

This comes from a satellite measuring light radiating upward, not a person's eyes on the ground, so it isn't the same as a Bortle class, though the two track each other closely.

How far Inkster is from a meaningfully darker sky

Romulus, MI, about 5 miles away as the crow flies, measures in the suburban edge band, one step darker than Inkster. Actual driving distance will run longer than that straight-line figure.

Romulus, MI is itself still a measured city, not a designated dark-sky park, this only compares against the 3,206 places this dataset covers.

How Inkster compares nationally

Inkster, MI counts roughly 25,108 residents, among the 3,206 US cities this site tracks. Inkster places 1,756 of 3,206 cities in this dataset's darkest-to-brightest order.