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Independence charter township, Oakland County, MI

36,628 Population
35 square miles 1,045.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oakland County: 41.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,822 ±$2,601 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oakland County: $53,157 ±$481
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $37,929 ±$155
$106,056 ±$7,409 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $92,620 ±$953
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $68,505 ±$307

5.3% ±1.5% (1,925  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 97,107 (±0.3% / ±3,604)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,293,164 (±0.1% / ±13,321)

29 minutes ±1.3 (455,275  ±31,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 26.2 14,291,505 (±0.2 / ±145,994)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.5 101,384,610 (±0.1 / ±438,980)

Families

13,925 ±546 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 524,762 ±1,403
  • Michigan: 4,009,253 ±7,688
2.6 ±0.1 (36,422  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,260,451 (±0 / ±108)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.5 9,840,766

4.9% ±1.6% (412  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 13,500 (±0.3% / ±954)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.2% 116,868 (±0.1% / ±2,789)

Housing

14,632 ±524 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 555,313 ±259
  • Michigan: 4,580,447 ±658

$330,000 ±$12,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $302,800 ±$2,692
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $201,100 ±$796

7.9% ±1.7% (2,877  ±,602.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oakland County: 11.4% 143,392 (±0.3% / ±3,867.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 12.2% 1,212,435 (±0.1% / ±12,907.9)

Social

95.3% ±4.1% (23,765  ±1,173.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 94.7% 859,267 (±0.7% / ±6,259.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.8% 6,366,037 (±0.3% / ±17,580.6)
44.7% ±2.9% (11,146  ±777) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 49.5% 449,241 (±0.5% / ±4,285.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Michigan: 31.1% 2,160,351 (±0.1% / ±10,020.5)

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

5.4% ±1.3% (1,983  ±480) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 13.1% 166,176
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.9% 694,860

5.8% ±1.1% (1,646  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 4.8% 48,275 (±0.1% / ±1,394)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Michigan: 6.3% 498,788 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
1,646 Total veterans ±322 1,505 Male ±284 141 Female ±129

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