Waterford township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (46% naturalized citizens)
| Waterford township: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
55% of Waterford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 56731
- Northeast: 2019
- Midwest: 5010
- South: 4203
- West: 1250
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $161,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
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
People in group quarters in Waterford township, Michigan:
- 1,348 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 274 people in nursing homes
- 202 people in other group homes
- 43 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 22,469
- One, attached: 1,206
- Two: 222
- 3 or 4: 730
- 5 to 9: 1,563
- 10 to 19: 1,952
- 20 to 49: 843
- 50 or more: 1,201
- Mobile homes: 191
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Waterford township with a mortgage: 16,385 (1,252 second mortgage, 2,708 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,529
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Engineers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cashiers (3%)
- Registered nurses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Waterford township:
- German (17.4%)
- English (10.9%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- United States or American (10.0%)
- Polish (7.7%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (15%)
- Mexico (14%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Other Eastern Europe (9%)
- Iraq (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- India (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 33,616 (90%)
- Carpooled: 2,422 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 29 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Taxi: 22 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Bicycle: 47 (0%)
- Walked: 332 (1%)
- Other means: 65 (0%)
- Worked at home: 955 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (7%)
People in group quarters in Waterford township, Michigan:
- 1,348 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 274 people in nursing homes
- 202 people in other group homes
- 43 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 32 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in homes for the physically handicapped
92.5% of residents of Waterford township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 71,239- In family households: 58,534 (15,016 male householders, 4,154 female householders)
15,528 spouses, 20,490 children (18,633 natural, 546 adopted, 1,311 stepchildren), 871 grandchildren, 429 brothers or sisters, 402 parents, 594 other relatives, 1,050 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 12,705 (5,139 male householders (3,834 living alone)), 5,148 female householders (4,369 living alone)), 2,418 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,923 (1,643 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 8,254 2-persons, 4,675 3-persons, 4,009 4-persons, 1,491 5-persons, 554 6-persons, 187 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 8,203 1-person, 1,784 2-persons, 219 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
12,376 married couples with children.
3,299 single-parent households (827 men, 2,472 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 861
| Here: | 11.8% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 319
| Here: | 8.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 644
| Here: | 17.9% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |