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Waterford charter township, Oakland County, MI

70,540 Population
30.6 square miles 2,302.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±6.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Oakland County: 41.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$41,357 ±$3,321 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oakland County: $56,680 ±$1,330
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $40,990 ±$308
$74,612 ±$7,945 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oakland County: $98,709 ±$3,098
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,389 ±$567

10.6% ±3.9% (7,440  ±2,729) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oakland County: 7.5% 96,636 (±0.7% / ±8,654)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,334,859 (±0.3% / ±27,543)

27.1 minutes ±0.3 (848,985  ±30,876) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Oakland County: 25.8 13,420,370 (±0.2 / ±143,722)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

32,022 ±1,887 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 524,981 ±4,431
  • Michigan: 4,131,281 ±12,742
2.2 ±0.1 (69,865  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,283,488 (±0 / ±168)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,921,923

4.8% ±2.4% (774  ±389) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oakland County: 3.5% † 10,069 (±0.6% / ±1,737)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 4.9% 112,620 (±0.3% / ±5,715)

Housing

33,268 ±2,022 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 567,215 ±135
  • Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

$265,900 ±$17,365 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oakland County: $365,500 ±$5,325
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $254,200 ±$1,616

9.1% ±2.6% (6,397  ±1,854.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 10.6% 136,906 (±0.9% / ±11,033.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 10.8% 1,081,686 (±0.3% / ±30,683.1)

Social

93.8% ±4.6% (49,950  ±3,501.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 95.3% 895,814 (±1.5% / ±14,369.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 92.2% 6,551,317 (±0.6% / ±39,951.7)
27.9% ±2.9% (14,858  ±1,729.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 52.2% 490,373 (±1% / ±9,477.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 33.3% 2,366,945 (±0.3% / ±23,456.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% ±1.7% (3,842  ±1,177) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 13.8% 179,433
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 7.7% 778,787

6.5% ±1.8% (3,912  ±1,075) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oakland County: 3.9% 40,232 (±0.3% / ±3,086)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.4% 435,461 (±0.1% / ±8,995)
3,912 Total veterans ±1,075 3,863 Male ±1,068 49 Female ±84

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