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Independence charter township, Oakland County, MI

36,709 Population
35 square miles 1,047.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Oakland County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$57,260 ±$2,936 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Oakland County: $55,114 ±$494
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $39,538 ±$169
$114,675 ±$8,008 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $95,296 ±$1,130
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $71,149 ±$286

5.1% ±1.3% (1,847  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Oakland County: 7.7% 96,989 (±0.3% / ±3,645)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 13.1% 1,284,470 (±0.2% / ±14,626)

28.5 minutes ±1.3 (442,060  ±32,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 26 13,809,625 (±0.1 / ±140,188)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.4 99,186,210 (±0.1 / ±470,248)

Families

14,083 ±542 Number of households
  • Oakland County: 528,681 ±1,510
  • Michigan: 4,040,168 ±8,515
2.6 ±0.1 (36,452  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oakland County: 2.4 1,260,088 (±0 / ±117)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,836,892

5.1% ±1.9% (414  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oakland County: 4.6% 13,124 (±0.3% / ±910)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 115,462 (±0.1% / ±2,544)

Housing

14,904 ±534 Number of housing units
  • Oakland County: 557,978 ±176
  • Michigan: 4,599,683 ±956

$352,900 ±$11,885 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oakland County: $320,400 ±$2,411
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Michigan: $217,600 ±$692

7% ±1.8% (2,552  ±,658.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 11.1% 140,230 (±0.4% / ±4,531.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 11.6% 1,157,187 (±0.1% / ±12,518.1)

Social

95.5% ±4.1% (24,254  ±1,169) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oakland County: 94.9% 865,050 (±0.7% / ±6,602.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 91.9% 6,402,550 (±0.3% / ±18,779.9)
46.1% ±2.8% (11,696  ±757) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oakland County: 50.2% 457,515 (±0.5% / ±4,565.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Michigan: 31.8% 2,213,104 (±0.2% / ±11,301.1)

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

5.6% ±1.4% (2,049  ±505) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oakland County: 13.2% 167,484
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7% 707,414

6% ±0.9% (1,700  ±259) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Oakland County: 4.7% 47,274 (±0.2% / ±1,498)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 6.1% 479,115 (±0.1% / ±4,106)
1,700 Total veterans ±259 1,484 Male ±213 216 Female ±130

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