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Independence charter township, Oakland County, MI

36,982 Population
35 square miles 1,055.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oakland County: 41.3 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1

Economics

$57,326 ±$3,182 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oakland County: $56,696 ±$470
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
$114,699 ±$6,973 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $97,760 ±$1,268
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293

4.3% ±1% (1,574  ±382) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 98,004 (±0.3% / ±4,229)
  • about one-third of the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)

28.8 minutes ±1.1 (435,170  ±29,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 25.8 13,420,370 (±0.2 / ±143,722)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)

Families

13,960 ±541 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 530,460 ±1,718
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
2.6 ±0.1 (36,683  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,267,271 (±0 / ±112)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281

5.4% ±2% (410  ±159) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 4.5% 12,806 (±0.4% / ±1,001)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)

Housing

14,670 ±515 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 561,348 ±263
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795

$381,700 ±$11,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $343,600 ±$2,730
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642

7.8% ±1.9% (2,842  ±696.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oakland County: 10.9% 138,573 (±0.4% / ±4,506.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)

Social

95.8% ±4% (24,370  ±1,192.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 95.1% 875,046 (±0.8% / ±6,935.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
47.7% ±2.6% (12,135  ±728.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 51% 469,718 (±0.5% / ±4,845.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)

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

6.1% ±1.6% (2,255  ±587) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Oakland County: 13.3% 170,690
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881

5.8% ±1.2% (1,654  ±355) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oakland County: 4.4% 44,825 (±0.1% / ±1,145)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
1,654 Total veterans ±355 1,464 Male ±275 190 Female ±157

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