Detroit, Oregon

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Population (year 2000): 262. Estimated population in July 2006: 270 (+3.1% change)

Males: 133	(50.8%)
Females: 129	(49.2%)

Marion County

Median resident age:	44.9 years
Oregon median age:	36.3 years

Zip codes: 97342.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $34,500 (it was $32,250 in 2000)

Detroit	$34,500
Oregon:	$42,944

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $146,100 (it was $118,300 in 2000)

Detroit	$146,100
Oregon:	$201,200

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Races in Detroit:

White Non-Hispanic (93.1%)
Hispanic (3.8%)
American Indian (2.3%)
Two or more races (1.9%)

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Ancestries: German (19.8%), English (10.7%), French (6.9%), Irish (6.9%), Scottish (6.9%), Scotch-Irish (6.1%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Incorporated in 1952

Elevation: 1600 feet

Land area: 0.53 square miles.

Population density: 506 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Detroit

High school or higher: 80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 12.4%
Mean travel time to work: 24.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Detroit city

Never married: 16.7%
Now married: 52.0%
Separated: 1.5%
Widowed: 11.1%
Divorced: 18.7%

4 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.5%
Oregon:	8.5%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

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

Detroit:	0.6% ($765)
Oregon:	1.1% ($1,687)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Northwest Clackamas, OR (55.9 miles , pop. 224,220).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (780.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Idanha, OR (4.7 miles ), Gates, OR (18.5 miles ), Mill City, OR (22.5 miles ), East Linn, OR (26.7 miles ), Lyons, OR (31.3 miles ), Mehama, OR (33.0 miles ), Colton, OR (34.0 miles ), Estacada, OR (40.4 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $71,300
1997: 1 building, cost: $62,300
1998: 1 building, cost: $70,000
1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $105,800
2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $156,900
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 1 building, cost: $136,000
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $145,700
2005: 3 buildings, average cost: $132,500
2006: 4 buildings, average cost: $116,500
2007: 4 buildings, average cost: $212,200

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Latitude: 44.74 N, Longitude: 122.15 W

Area code: 503

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Population change in the 1990s: -66 (-20.1%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (22%)
Wood products (20%)
Food and beverage stores (9%)
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (7%)
Gasoline stations (7%)
Warehousing and storage (7%)
Educational services (7%)

Most common industries for females:

Accommodation and food services (35%)
Food and beverage stores (18%)
Public administration (8%)
Other direct selling establishments (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
Private households (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (13%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)

Most common occupations for females

Waiters and waitresses (22%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (18%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Other financial specialists (6%)
Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
Cashiers (6%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Detroit:

SAMARITAN ALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 32 miles; ALBANY, OR)
SANTIAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 43 miles; STAYTON, OR)
SILVERTON HOSPITAL (about 48 miles; SILVERTON, OR)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Detroit:

MCNARY FLD (about 60 miles; SALEM, OR; ID: SLE)
PORTLAND INTL (about 66 miles; PORTLAND, OR; ID: PDX)
MC MINNVILLE MUNI (about 75 miles; MC MINNVILLE, OR; ID: MMV)

Other public-use airports nearest to Detroit:

DAVIS (about 19 miles; GATES, OR; ID: 6S4)
SANTIAM JUNCTION STATE (about 26 miles; SANTIAM JUNCTION, OR; ID: 8S3)
MC KENZIE BRIDGE STATE (about 40 miles; MC KENZIE BRIDGE, OR; ID: 00S)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Detroit:

LINN-BENTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 32 miles; ALBANY, OR; Full-time enrollment: 3,057)
CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; OREGON CITY, OR; FT enrollment: 3,446)
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 2,325)
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; SALEM, OR; FT enrollment: 5,253)
MT HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; GRESHAM, OR; FT enrollment: 4,867)
PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; Portland, OR; FT enrollment: 12,132)
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE (about 63 miles; PORTLAND, OR; FT enrollment: 2,795)

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Notable location: Detroit Flats Recreation Site (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Detroit Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotels: Lakeside Motel (110 Santiam Ave), All Season's Motel (130 Breitenbush Road), Detroit Lake Motel (175 North Detroit Ave).

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

OPRD DETROIT LAKE STATE PARK (Population served: 2600, Surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUL-1998

5 minor monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

OPRD MAPLES REST AREA (Population served: 2000, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In OCT-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)

19 minor monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

OPRD CASCADIA STATE PARK (Population served: 670, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2004, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Acute (TCR) - Between JUL-2004 and SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between JUL-2000 and SEP-2000, Contaminant: Coliform

MCL, Acute (TCR) - Between OCT-1996 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (NOV-18-1996)

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1996 and DEC-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (NOV-18-1996)

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One minor monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

OPRD NORTH SANTIAM STATE PARK (Population served: 525, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform

Past monitoring violations:

4 routine major monitoring violations

5 minor monitoring violations

3 regular monitoring violations

DETROIT WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 265, Surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAY-2002

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUN-1999

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In OCT-1998

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In SEP-1998

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In AUG-1998

One regular monitoring violation

3 other older monitoring violations

BREITENBUSH HOT SPRINGS (Population served: 50, Surface_water):

Past health violations:

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JAN-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAR-23-2004)

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In SEP-2000

Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-2000

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In DEC-2004

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In JUL-2003

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-19-2002 and OCT-27-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (OCT-27-2003)

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2002 and SEP-17-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (SEP-17-2003)

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAR-2000. Follow-up actions: St AO (w/penalty) issued (DEC-20-1993), St Compliance achieved (MAR-31-2001)

6 routine major monitoring violations

2 minor monitoring violations

73 regular monitoring violations

4 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This city:	2.2 people
Oregon:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	58.8%
Whole state:	65.8%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	6.7%
Whole state:	6.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	16.1%
Whole state:	11.6%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city:	5.6%
Whole state:	5.0%

Detroit compared to Oregon state average:

Median house value above state average.
Unemployed percentage above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Renting percentage 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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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
Water Supply	1	$1,694	$20,328	0	$0
Financial Administration	1	$2,072	$24,864	0	$0
Totals for Government	2	$3,766	$22,596	0	$0

Detroit government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - Financial Administration: $74,000
General - Other: $52,000

Water Utilities: $38,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $176,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $140,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $11,000
General Support: $5,000
Tax - Property: $29,000
Public Utilities: $14,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $65,000

7.40% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,228 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.40%
Oregon average:	8.89%

0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($178 average AGI)
Marion County: 0.08%
Oregon average: 0.11%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Polk County, OR	0.96% ($34,572 average AGI)
from Clackamas County, OR	0.72% ($44,424)
from Washington County, OR	0.49% ($41,567)

6.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,898 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.77%
Oregon average:	7.91%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($125 average AGI)
Marion County: 0.04%
Oregon average: 0.06%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Polk County, OR	1.08% ($40,023 average AGI)
to Clackamas County, OR	0.60% ($38,281)
to Washington County, OR	0.52% ($38,961)

Strongest AM radio stations in Detroit:

KXL (750 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KEX (1190 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KPAM (860 AM; 50 kW; TROUTDALE, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KOTK (1080 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: FISHER BROADCASTING - PORTLAND RADIO, L.L.C.)
KKSN (1520 AM; 50 kW; OREGON CITY, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
KKAD (1550 AM; 50 kW; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-WASHINGTON, INC)
KPNW (1120 AM; 50 kW; EUGENE, OR; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KFXX (910 AM; 10 kW; VANCOUVER, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC (DE))
KKSL (1290 AM; 10 kW; LAKE OSWEGO, OR; Owner: ABC, INC.)
KZTU (660 AM; 10 kW; JUNCTION CITY, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KDUN (1030 AM; 50 kW; REEDSPORT, OR; Owner: PAMPLIN BROADCASTING-OREGON, INC.)
KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Detroit:

KRSK (105.1 FM; MOLALLA, OR; Owner: ENTERCOM PORTLAND LICENSE, LLC)
K273AJ (102.5 FM; ELWOOD, OR; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
KLVU (107.1 FM; SWEET HOME, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
KLVP-FM (88.7 FM; CHERRYVILLE, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
KZRI (90.3 FM; WELCHES, OR; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)

TV broadcast stations around Detroit:

KWBP (Channel 32; SALEM, OR; Owner: TRIBUNE BROADCAST HOLDINGS, INC.)
KPXG (Channel 22; SALEM, OR; Owner: PAXSON SALEM LICENSE, INC.)

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