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Burr Oak, MI map Population (year 2000): 797. Estimated population in July 2006: 763 (-4.3% change)
 

Males: 394  (49.4%)
Females: 403  (50.6%)

St. Joseph County

Median resident age:  35.1 years
Michigan median age:  35.5 years

Zip codes: 49030.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,600 (it was $34,792 in 2000)
Burr Oak  $34,600
Michigan:  $46,039

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $77,900 (it was $60,000 in 2000)
Burr Oak  $77,900
Michigan:  $149,300

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Races in Burr Oak:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Other race (0.8%)
  • Black (0.6%)
  • American Indian (0.5%)

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Ancestries: German (21.1%), United States (12.3%), English (10.9%), Irish (8.0%), Dutch (5.0%), Polish (3.0%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 883 feet

Land area: 1.00 square miles.

Population density: 766 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

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For population 25 years and over in Burr Oak

  • High school or higher: 82.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.4%
  • Unemployed: 2.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Burr Oak village

  • Never married: 26.9%
  • Now married: 50.3%
  • Separated: 2.2%
  • Widowed: 8.1%
  • Divorced: 12.5%

2 residents are foreign born

This village:  0.3%
Michigan:  5.3%



According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Burr Oak, Michigan in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Burr Oak to the number of sex offenders is 154 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Burr Oak:  1.1% ($681)
Michigan:  1.3% ($1,461)
Burr Oak satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Battle Creek, MI (33.2 miles , pop. 53,364).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fort Wayne, IN (54.7 miles , pop. 205,727).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (162.2 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Sturgis, MI (7.5 miles ), Colon, MI (7.6 miles ), Bronson, MI (8.8 miles ), Sherwood, MI (12.0 miles ), Orland, IN (13.0 miles ), Mendon, MI (14.4 miles ), Centreville, MI (15.3 miles ), Lagrange, IN (15.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $103,100
  • 2000: 0 buildings
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 1 building, cost: $91,800
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 41.85 N, Longitude: 85.32 W


Area code: 269

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Population change in the 1990s: -60 (-7.0%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Metal and metal products (17%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Machinery (9%)
  • Transportation equipment (8%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (3%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Furniture and related products (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (23%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)


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Crime in Burr Oak by Year

Type 2001 2002 2006
Murders 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Rapes 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Robberies 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Assaults 120
    per 100,000 124.8248.10.0
Burglaries 540
    per 100,000 624.2496.30.0
Thefts 1286
    per 100,000 1498.1992.6780.2
Auto thefts 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
Arson 000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 121.1) 128.6124.131.2

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 1 (1 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.30
US city average:  3.00

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Burr Oak-area historical tornado activity is above Michigan state average. It is 82% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 8.7 miles away from the Burr Oak village center killed 5 people and injured 41 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 13.0 miles away from the village center killed 23 people and injured 294 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Burr Oak:
  • STURGIS HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; STURGIS, MI)
  • LAGRANGE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; LAGRANGE, IN)
  • COMMUNITY HEALTH CTR OF BRANCH COUNTY (about 19 miles; COLDWATER, MI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Burr Oak:
  • KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 32 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)
  • W K KELLOGG (about 32 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; ID: BTL)
  • ELKHART MUNI (about 48 miles; ELKHART, IN; ID: EKM)
Other public-use airports nearest to Burr Oak:
  • KIRSCH MUNI (about 9 miles; STURGIS, MI; ID: IRS)
  • DAVID'S (about 16 miles; ATHENS, MI; ID: 9C2)
  • BRANCH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 20 miles; COLDWATER, MI; ID: OEB)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Burr Oak:
  • WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; Full-time enrollment: 23,132)
  • KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 36 miles; BATTLE CREEK, MI; FT enrollment: 2,824)
  • KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-FORT WAYNE (about 54 miles; FT WAYNE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,385)
  • SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; SPRING ARBOR, MI; FT enrollment: 2,266)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (about 70 miles; NOTRE DAME, IN; FT enrollment: 10,633)
  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY-SOUTH BEND (about 70 miles; SOUTH BEND, IN; FT enrollment: 4,725)
Public elementary/middle schools in Burr Oak:
  • BURR OAK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 211; Location: 326 E. EAGLE STREET; Grades: 05 - 12)
  • BURR OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 135; Location: 326 E. EAGLE STREET; Grades: KG - 04)
Library in Burr Oak:
  • BURR OAK TOWNSHIP LIBRARY (Operating income: $27,872; Location: 220 SOUTH SECOND STREET; 15,000 books; 160 audio materials; 220 video materials; 47 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Burr Oak and their reported violations in the past:

BURR OAK (Population served: 797, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2005 and JUL-25-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-25-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-25-2005), St Admin Penalty assessed (AUG-19-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and SEP-04-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-04-2001)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • 21 regular monitoring violations
LONG LAKE CAMPGROUND (Population served: 143, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation
Drinking water stations with addresses in Burr Oak that have no violations reported:
  • WHM INVESTMENTS, INC (Population served: 180, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This village:  2.6 people
Michigan:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  66.0%
Whole state:  68.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  10.2%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  8.5%
Whole state:  10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This village:  3.7%
Whole state:  4.8%

Burr Oak compared to Michigan state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in St. Joseph County Michigan:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:



Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Streets and Highways 1$1,369$16,4280$0
Financial Administration 1$1,949$23,3881$266
Police Protection - Officers 1$2,250$27,0001$850
Sewerage 0$0 1$527
Water Supply 0$0 1$478
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$164
Totals for Government 3$5,567$22,2685$2,285



5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,093 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.03%
Michigan average:  5.24%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Kalamazoo County, MI  0.81% ($32,618 average AGI)
from Cass County, MI  0.54% ($30,992)
from Branch County, MI  0.44% ($25,901)


5.84% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,988 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.84%
Michigan average:  5.98%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($275 average AGI)
St. Joseph County:  0.05%
Michigan average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kalamazoo County, MI  1.06% ($31,423 average AGI)
to Elkhart County, IN  0.45% ($30,317)
to LaGrange County, IN  0.39% ($26,517)


Strongest AM radio stations in Burr Oak:
  • WMSH-FM (99 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WMSH (1230 AM; 1 kW; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKLZ (1470 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTVB (1590 AM; 5 kW; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WQSN (1660 AM; 10 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKZO (590 AM; 5 kW; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: FAIRFIELD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBCK (930 AM; 5 kW; BATTLE CREEK, MI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WOAP (1080 AM; 50 kW; OWOSSO, MI)
  • WNWN (1560 AM; daytime; 4 kW; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WFDF (910 AM; 50 kW; FLINT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WJR (760 AM; 50 kW; DETROIT, MI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WOOD (1300 AM; 20 kW; GRAND RAPIDS, MI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Burr Oak:
  • WMSH-FM (99.3 FM; STURGIS, MI; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCVM (94.7 FM; BRONSON, MI; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
  • WTHD (105.5 FM; LAGRANGE, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WQKO (91.9 FM; HOWE, IN; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
  • WRKR (107.7 FM; PORTAGE, MI; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WBOI (91.3 FM; ORLAND, IN; Owner: PUBLIC BROADCASTING OF NORTHEAST INDIANA, INC)
  • WNWN-FM (98.5 FM; COLDWATER, MI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • WLKI (100.3 FM; ANGOLA, IN; Owner: LAKE CITIES BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WBTU (93.3 FM; KENDALLVILLE, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
  • WLKM-FM (95.9 FM; THREE RIVERS, MI; Owner: IMPACT RADIO, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Burr Oak:
  • W26BX (Channel 26; KALAMAZOO, MI; Owner: TCT OF MICHIGAN, INC.)

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