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Waterford charter township, Oakland County, MI

69,380 Population
30.6 square miles 2,264.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oakland County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.5 ±0.2

Economics

$42,652 ±$3,251 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oakland County: $53,537 ±$1,232
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $38,952 ±$306
$72,155 ±$5,890 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oakland County: $92,015 ±$2,003
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $69,183 ±$694

9% ±3% (6,187  ±2,074) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 8.1% 102,276 (±0.7% / ±8,947)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 13.5% 1,326,740 (±0.3% / ±27,989)

27.7 minutes ±0.8 (886,450  ±40,304) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in Oakland County: 26 13,809,625 (±0.1 / ±140,188)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

30,854 ±2,233 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 533,533 ±3,904
  • Michigan: 4,107,809 ±11,889
2.2 ±0.2 (68,806  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,256,599 (±0 / ±379)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,821,269

4.7% ±3.1% (719  ±476) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Oakland County: 5% † 14,031 (±0.6% / ±1,774)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 4.8% 108,698 (±0.3% / ±5,883)

Housing

32,206 ±2,365 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 563,476 ±213
  • Michigan: 4,642,957 ±1,572

$244,400 ±$12,106 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oakland County: $338,000 ±$4,906
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $236,100 ±$1,315

10.9% ±3.9% (7,492  ±2,641.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Oakland County: 10.5% 132,194 (±0.8% / ±9,824.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 11% 1,091,018 (±0.3% / ±24,644.9)

Social

96% ±5.9% (50,338  ±3,769.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 95.1% 872,161 (±1.5% / ±13,835.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92% 6,449,479 (±0.5% / ±37,332.5)
31.4% ±3.7% (16,459  ±2,041.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 51.1% 468,700 (±1.1% / ±9,697)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 32.7% 2,289,862 (±0.3% / ±21,961.1)

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

6.4% ±4.2% (4,445  ±2,929) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 13.8% 175,713
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.4% 737,552

6.3% ±1.4% (3,577  ±832) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 47,288 (±0.3% / ±3,318)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.6% 441,439 (±0.1% / ±9,758)
3,577 Total veterans ±832 3,087 Male ±749 490 Female ±265

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