Royal Oak charter township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 17 (37% naturalized citizens)
| Royal Oak charter township: | 16.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
50% of Royal Oak charter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3462
- Northeast: 167
- Midwest: 111
- South: 728
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Royal Oak charter township, Michigan:
- 26 people in other group homes
- 19 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 618
- One, attached: 173
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 200
- 5 to 9: 459
- 10 to 19: 261
- 20 to 49: 64
- 50 or more: 781
Housing units in Royal Oak charter township with a mortgage: 205 (0 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 196
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Farm supplies merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Public administration (13%)
- Health care (11%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Private households (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (13%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Royal Oak charter township:
- Russian (6.5%)
- Ukrainian (3.4%)
- African (3.3%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
- Albanian (1.2%)
- German (1.2%)
- Polish (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ukraine (32%)
- Russia (22%)
- Yugoslavia (7%)
- Canada (5%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
- Iraq (5%)
- Other South Central Asia (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,463 (72%)
- Carpooled: 299 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 113 (6%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 135 (7%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Royal Oak charter township, Michigan:
- 26 people in other group homes
- 19 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 7 people in homes for the mentally ill
80.3% of residents of Royal Oak charter township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
15.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (20% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 45% speak English not well, 13% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,394- In family households: 3,997 (514 male householders, 776 female householders)
471 spouses, 1,545 children (1,475 natural, 27 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 220 grandchildren, 129 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 139 other relatives, 152 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,397 (564 male householders (492 living alone)), 661 female householders (616 living alone)), 172 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 52 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 560 2-persons, 363 3-persons, 191 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 47 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,108 1-person, 87 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 10 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
366 married couples with children.
724 single-parent households (40 men, 684 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 3.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 61
| Here: | 18.0% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |