Bloomfield township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 14 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Bloomfield township: | 14.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
67% of Bloomfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 71% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 26325
- Northeast: 3059
- Midwest: 4270
- South: 2176
- West: 726
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $374,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Bloomfield township, Michigan:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 136 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other group homes
- 10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 13,711
- One, attached: 1,573
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 771
- 5 to 9: 854
- 10 to 19: 261
- 20 to 49: 127
- 50 or more: 106
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $198,200
Housing units in Bloomfield township with a mortgage: 9,991 (621 second mortgage, 1,838 home equity loan, 26 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,826
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Physicians and surgeons (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bloomfield township:
- German (14.0%)
- English (10.6%)
- Irish (10.4%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Russian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- Canada (9%)
- Korea (8%)
- Iraq (7%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Philippines (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 17,700 (89%)
- Carpooled: 920 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 14 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (0%)
- Other means: 58 (0%)
- Worked at home: 1,068 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (94%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Bloomfield township, Michigan:
- 227 people in nursing homes
- 136 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in other group homes
- 10 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 7 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in homes for the mentally ill
83.8% of residents of Bloomfield township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
8.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.0% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 42,584- In family households: 38,145 (11,133 male householders, 1,788 female householders)
11,653 spouses, 12,435 children (11,589 natural, 457 adopted, 389 stepchildren), 193 grandchildren, 120 brothers or sisters, 165 parents, 372 other relatives, 286 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,439 (1,602 male householders (1,391 living alone)), 2,364 female householders (2,222 living alone)), 473 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 443 (206 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 6,400 2-persons, 2,396 3-persons, 2,577 4-persons, 1,159 5-persons, 330 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,613 1-person, 279 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 18 6-persons,
9,084 married couples with children.
909 single-parent households (184 men, 725 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,352
| Here: | 26.9% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 689
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 329
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |