Waterford, MI (Michigan) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 73,162, Rural population: 0)

Waterford, Michigan Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 30,383 (29,382 occupied: 22,392 owner occupied, 6,990 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	24%
State:	26%

Housing density: 970 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $226,089.

Median contract rent in 2007: $599 (lower quartile is $512, upper quartile is $822)

Housing units in Waterford 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

Waterford,MI index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $173,500 (it was $143,200 in 2000)

Waterford:	$173,500
Michigan:	$153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $144,800 - $227,900

Mean price in 2007:

Mobile homes: $20,265
Here: $20,265
State: $39,606

Median year house/condo built: 1962

Median year apartment built: 1972

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).

92.5% of residents of Waterford 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).

Foreign born population: 3,647 (5.0%)
(46.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Waterford, Michigan:
	1 room: 17 2 rooms: 112 3 rooms: 651 4 rooms: 1,615 5 rooms: 5,132 6 rooms: 6,479 7 rooms: 4,370 8 rooms: 2,387 9 or more rooms: 1,629

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Waterford, Michigan:
	1 room: 200 2 rooms: 870 3 rooms: 1,655 4 rooms: 1,988 5 rooms: 1,515 6 rooms: 471 7 rooms: 147 8 rooms: 91 9 or more rooms: 53

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 902
1995 to 1998: 2,239
1990 to 1994: 1,978
1980 to 1989: 3,533
1970 to 1979: 5,563
1960 to 1969: 4,508
1950 to 1959: 6,229
1940 to 1949: 2,755
1939 or earlier: 2,676

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Waterford:
	no bedroom: 51 1 bedroom: 548 2 bedrooms: 4,586 3 bedrooms: 13,195 4 bedrooms: 3,546 5 or more bedrooms: 466

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Waterford:
	no bedroom: 233 1 bedroom: 2,964 2 bedrooms: 2,891 3 bedrooms: 776 4 bedrooms: 99 5 or more bedrooms: 27

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Waterford in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 535 1 vehicle: 5,943 2 vehicles: 11,083 3 vehicles: 3,478 4 vehicles: 999 5 or more vehicles: 354

Cars and other vehicles available in Waterford in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 818 1 vehicle: 3,689 2 vehicles: 2,016 3 vehicles: 368 4 vehicles: 76 5 or more vehicles: 23

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Waterford, MI:

Less than $10,000: 104
$10,000 to $14,999: 22
$15,000 to $19,999: 7
$20,000 to $24,999: 22
$25,000 to $29,999: 36
$30,000 to $34,999: 15
$35,000 to $39,999: 19
$40,000 to $49,999: 68
$50,000 to $59,999: 178
$60,000 to $69,999: 161
$70,000 to $79,999: 265
$80,000 to $89,999: 356
$90,000 to $99,999: 476
$100,000 to $124,999: 2378
$125,000 to $149,999: 3393
$150,000 to $174,999: 4081
$175,000 to $199,999: 3220
$200,000 to $249,999: 3951
$250,000 to $299,999: 1441
$300,000 to $399,999: 1120
$400,000 to $499,999: 599
$500,000 to $749,999: 545
$750,000 to $999,999: 110
$1,000,000 or more: 88

Waterford rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Waterford:

Less than $100: 125 people
$100 to $149: 136
$150 to $199: 153
$200 to $249: 138
$250 to $299: 79
$300 to $349: 109
$350 to $399: 147
$400 to $449: 489
$450 to $499: 734
$500 to $549: 915
$550 to $599: 1,196
$600 to $649: 1,101
$650 to $699: 946
$700 to $749: 499
$750 to $799: 296
$800 to $899: 424
$900 to $999: 253
$1,000 to $1,249: 286
$1,250 to $1,499: 100
$1,500 to $1,999: 117
$2,000 or more: 136
No cash rent: 201

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,199 1990 to 1994: 524 1985 to 1989: 219 1980 to 1984: 195 1975 to 1979: 286 1970 to 1974: 205 1970 to 1974: 217 1965 to 1969: 802

Waterford, MI Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.7%
Number of people working at home: 955 (2.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 532
5 to 9 minutes: 2667
10 to 14 minutes: 4589
15 to 19 minutes: 4996
20 to 24 minutes: 5089
25 to 29 minutes: 2331
30 to 34 minutes: 5770
35 to 39 minutes: 1599
40 to 44 minutes: 1987
45 to 59 minutes: 4114
60 to 89 minutes: 2085
90 or more minutes: 795

Waterford mode of transportation to work chart

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%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1198
$10,000 to $14,999: 991
$15,000 to $19,999: 1359
$20,000 to $24,999: 1514
$25,000 to $29,999: 1598
$30,000 to $34,999: 1781
$35,000 to $39,999: 1699
$40,000 to $44,999: 1618
$45,000 to $49,999: 1383
$50,000 to $59,999: 2964
$60,000 to $74,999: 4262
$75,000 to $99,999: 4545
$100,000 to $124,999: 2382
$125,000 to $149,999: 910
$150,000 to $199,999: 718
$200,000 or more: 535

First ancestries reported:

German: 10155

Other groups: 7001

English: 6378

Irish: 6304

United States or American: 5828

Polish: 4530

Italian: 3158

French (except Basque): 2627

Scottish: 1559

French Canadian: 1423

Scotch-Irish: 927

Dutch: 823

Swedish: 654

European: 456

Hungarian: 428

Norwegian: 425

Russian: 422

Finnish: 415

Canadian: 401

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 400

Greek: 371

British: 370

Albanian: 351

Romanian: 299

Ukrainian: 274

Welsh: 269

Armenian: 198

Arab:: 197

Danish: 181

Lithuanian: 173

Subsaharan African:: 150

Czech: 141

Belgian: 130

African: 128

Croatian: 101

Slovak: 97

Czechoslovakian: 90

Austrian: 83

Bulgarian: 82

Yugoslavian: 80

Arab/Arabic: 74

Swiss: 73

Slavic: 71

Lebanese: 64

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 61

Serbian: 54

Scandinavian: 49

Jamaican: 47

Macedonian: 41

Maltese: 36

Iranian: 23

South African: 22

Luxemburger: 21

Other Arab: 19

Syrian: 18

Northern European: 13

Slovene: 13

Eastern European: 12

Iraqi: 12

Alsatian: 11

Latvian: 10

Egyptian: 10

Pennsylvania German: 9

Dutch West Indian: 9

Brazilian: 8

Icelander: 6

Haitian: 5

Israeli: 4

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%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 56731
Northeast: 2019
Midwest: 5010
South: 4203
West: 1250

55% of Waterford 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.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 199
Nursery to 4th grade: 29
5th and 6th grade: 137
7th and 8th grade: 369
9th grade: 411
10th grade: 591
11th grade: 790
12th grade, no diploma: 841
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,864
Less than 1 year of college: 2,012
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,015
Associate degree: 1,693
Bachelor's degree: 4,664
Master's degree: 1,376
Professional school degree: 365
Doctorate degree: 103

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 55
Nursery to 4th grade: 23
5th and 6th grade: 103
7th and 8th grade: 415
9th grade: 438
10th grade: 561
11th grade: 701
12th grade, no diploma: 751
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,291
Less than 1 year of college: 2,502
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,189
Associate degree: 2,216
Bachelor's degree: 4,020
Master's degree: 1,257
Professional school degree: 174
Doctorate degree: 55

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.9%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 1.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 3.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 9.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $52,607
Black householders: $25,369
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $41,726
Asian householders: $60,420
Some other race householders: $39,748
Two or more races householders: $92,418
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $52,860

Waterford household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Waterford household income for Black householders

Waterford household income for Two or more races householders

Waterford marital status for males

Waterford marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $174,226
Black or African American householders: $230,565
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $127,701
Asian householders: $214,330
Some other race householders: $178,952
Two or more races householders: $186,585
Hispanic or Latino householders: $169,622

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 lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Waterford:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (95%) Electricity (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (80%) Electricity (19%) Other fuel (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

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%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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