Oakland charter township, Oakland County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (57% naturalized citizens)
| Oakland charter township: | 8.2% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
57% of Oakland charter township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8838
- Northeast: 875
- Midwest: 1342
- South: 670
- West: 191
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $233,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,160
- One, attached: 8
- 3 or 4: 8
- Mobile homes: 353
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,900
Housing units in Oakland charter township with a mortgage: 3,170 (232 second mortgage, 715 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 563
- Transportation equipment (26%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Construction (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oakland charter township:
- German (21.3%)
- Polish (10.8%)
- English (10.5%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- Irish (7.3%)
- United States or American (6.6%)
- Scottish (3.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (16%)
- India (10%)
- Poland (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Russia (5%)
- Italy (5%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,771 (92%)
- Carpooled: 269 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Taxi: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (0%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 171 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (89%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
16 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in other group homes
90.6% of residents of Oakland charter township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
6.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (88% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (59% speak English very well, 41% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,051- In family households: 12,437 (3,279 male householders, 507 female householders)
3,511 spouses, 4,811 children (4,504 natural, 143 adopted, 164 stepchildren), 68 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 77 parents, 73 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 614 (338 male householders (287 living alone)), 221 female householders (214 living alone)), 55 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,404 2-persons, 745 3-persons, 991 4-persons, 467 5-persons, 145 6-persons, 34 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 501 1-person, 58 2-persons,
3,615 married couples with children.
277 single-parent households (77 men, 200 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 337
| Here: | 17.2% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 104
| Here: | 11.7% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |