White Lake township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (56% naturalized citizens)
White Lake township: | 2.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
58% of White Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% 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: 23365
- Northeast: 691
- Midwest: 1538
- South: 1230
- West: 449
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $154,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in White Lake township, Michigan:
- 154 people in state prisons
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in other group homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 8,557
- One, attached: 102
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 99
- 5 to 9: 72
- 10 to 19: 131
- 20 to 49: 45
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 1,590
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in White Lake township with a mortgage: 6,116 (490 second mortgage, 1,266 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,242
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in White Lake township:
- German (20.8%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- English (10.2%)
- Polish (9.1%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (27%)
- Korea (13%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- Russia (6%)
- Iraq (5%)
- Turkey (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 13,153 (88%)
- Carpooled: 1,109 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 28 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 69 (0%)
- Other means: 35 (0%)
- Worked at home: 460 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (92%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in White Lake township, Michigan:
- 154 people in state prisons
- 50 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in other group homes
- 25 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.1% of residents of White Lake township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 27,912- In family households: 24,993 (6,297 male householders, 1,541 female householders)
6,699 spouses, 9,417 children (8,545 natural, 321 adopted, 551 stepchildren), 223 grandchildren, 111 brothers or sisters, 132 parents, 168 other relatives, 405 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,919 (1,232 male householders (970 living alone)), 1,054 female householders (824 living alone)), 633 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 285 (203 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,047 2-persons, 1,724 3-persons, 1,933 4-persons, 793 5-persons, 270 6-persons, 71 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,794 1-person, 400 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
6,259 married couples with children.
1,105 single-parent households (296 men, 809 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 203
Here: | 5.5% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 145
Here: | 8.3% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 200
Here: | 19.1% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |