Statistics and Facts of Lenox Township Michigan

Land area: 38.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population: 8,433 (60% urban, 40% rural)
Males: 4,831 (57.3%)
Females: 3,602 (42.7%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 7,105 (6,252 owner occupied, 853 renter occupied)
% of renters here: 12%
State: 26%

Average household size: 2.83
Lenox township: 2.8 people
Michigan: 2.6 people

Average family size: 3.19

Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,574 ($50,659 in 1999)
This township: $53,574
Michigan: $47,950

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $467 (lower quartile is $223, upper quartile is $590)
Here: $467
State: $573

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $130,104 (it was $102,100 in 2000)
Lenox township: $130,104
Michigan: $153,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $108,476 - $227,487

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $221,302
Here: $221,302
State: $200,820

Townhouses or other attached units: $352,041
Here: $352,041
State: $181,134

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $769,679
Here: $769,679
State: $149,899

Mobile homes: $40,540
Here: $40,540
State: $39,606

Population density: 217 people per square mile (high)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This township: 10.1%
Whole state: 10.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This township: 5.3%
Whole state: 4.8%

Cities in this township include: New Haven

Number of foreign born residents: 266 (51% naturalized citizens)
Lenox township: 3.2%
State: 5.3%

59% of Lenox township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Michigan

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7078
Northeast: 126
Midwest: 302
South: 527
West: 93

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $120,800

Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,667
One, attached: 69
Two: 16
3 or 4: 8
5 to 9: 91
10 to 19: 12
20 to 49: 3
50 or more: 4
Mobile homes: 776

Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500

Housing units in Lenox township with a mortgage: 883 (41 second mortgage, 153 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 188

Most common first ancestries reported in Lenox township:
German (22.7%)
Polish (12.0%)
Italian (8.0%)
United States or American (5.4%)
Irish (5.4%)
French (except Basque) (5.2%)
English (4.8%)

Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 2,917 (84%)
Carpooled: 446 (13%)
Walked: 44 (1%)
Other means: 24 (1%)
Worked at home: 56 (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 104
Here: 10.8%
Michigan: 11.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
Here: 16.7%
Michigan: 8.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
Here: 17.6%
Michigan: 16.5%