Waterford Charter Township, Oakland County, MI - Profile Data

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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Age

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

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Race & Ethnicity

Income

$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

Poverty

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)

Transportation to work

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)

Households

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

Marital status

Fertility

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)

Units & Occupancy

33,268 ±2,022 Number of housing units

• Oakland County: 567,215 ±135
• Michigan: 4,669,109 ±1,252

Value

$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

Geographical mobility

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)

Educational attainment

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)

Language

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

Place of birth

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

Veteran status

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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