Highland township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Highland township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
61% of Highland 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, 77% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 16178
- Northeast: 522
- Midwest: 830
- South: 665
- West: 289
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $276,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,626
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 58
- 3 or 4: 19
- 5 to 9: 75
- 10 to 19: 41
- 20 to 49: 64
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 1,209
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,500
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 4,064 (310 second mortgage, 786 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 791
- Construction (21%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- English (11.0%)
- Polish (10.2%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- French Canadian (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Germany (8%)
- Mexico (8%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Iraq (6%)
- Yugoslavia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,563 (87%)
- Carpooled: 809 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 20 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 54 (1%)
- Other means: 51 (1%)
- Worked at home: 278 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (87%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
6 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.9% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 19,174- In family households: 17,410 (4,407 male householders, 961 female householders)
4,483 spouses, 6,664 children (6,121 natural, 192 adopted, 351 stepchildren), 224 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 192 other relatives, 357 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,764 (818 male householders (636 living alone)), 589 female householders (481 living alone)), 357 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,946 2-persons, 1,353 3-persons, 1,291 4-persons, 544 5-persons, 129 6-persons, 105 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,117 1-person, 233 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
4,298 married couples with children.
944 single-parent households (255 men, 689 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 155
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 61
| Here: | 4.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 184
| Here: | 25.3% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |