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Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

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whether these seniors are own<strong>in</strong>g or rent<strong>in</strong>g their liv<strong>in</strong>g quarters. 10 Table 22 shows that<br />

seniors are primarily homeowners. Almost 9 <strong>of</strong> every 10 householders between 55 and<br />

75 years <strong>of</strong> age own their home. This share drops slightly to 79 percent for householders<br />

Table 22. Homeownership Rates by Age, <strong>in</strong> Region 1-C, 2000<br />

Community 55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85+ years<br />

Region 1-C 86.1 86.0 79.3 63.2<br />

Allen Park city 91.4 92.3 89.7 80.5<br />

Belleville city 77.1 70.8 65.7 54.3<br />

Brownstown township 85.5 84.0 84.4 81.3<br />

Canton township 89.9 85.5 75.8 56.8<br />

Dearborn city 81.7 82.3 78.2 69.0<br />

Dearborn Heights city 91.8 92.5 88.1 77.5<br />

Ecorse city 78.7 80.5 81.6 89.1<br />

Flat Rock city 84.8 79.7 75.1 52.2<br />

Garden City city 92.1 92.3 85.4 67.2<br />

Gibraltar city 90.5 89.1 89.2 94.1<br />

Grosse Ile township 96.4 94.9 94.6 96.9<br />

Huron township 97.0 95.1 92.3 98.0<br />

Inkster city 75.1 76.7 74.0 55.7<br />

L<strong>in</strong>coln Park city 82.7 88.4 88.7 85.4<br />

Livonia city 94.5 91.9 83.1 59.1<br />

Melv<strong>in</strong>dale city 71.3 82.6 76.2 77.2<br />

Northville city 76.5 73.2 47.0 33.3<br />

Northville township 88.5 88.6 77.6 59.3<br />

Plymouth city 75.3 76.3 66.4 58.9<br />

Plymouth township 94.0 90.8 76.8 50.9<br />

Redford township 92.7 94.5 91.5 71.0<br />

River Rouge city 71.5 77.2 84.5 82.0<br />

Riverview city 83.5 77.8 48.0 14.7<br />

Rockwood city 81.6 76.6 60.3 62.5<br />

Romulus city 81.9 78.2 73.2 63.9<br />

Southgate city 83.0 80.5 68.0 47.3<br />

Sumpter township 96.4 95.4 97.4 94.1<br />

Taylor city 84.9 87.0 79.2 69.9<br />

Trenton city 87.1 86.9 80.8 65.8<br />

Van Buren township 80.8 88.8 87.8 86.0<br />

<strong>Wayne</strong> city 75.9 76.6 70.7 56.3<br />

Westland city 77.3 76.4 59.5 30.1<br />

Woodhaven city 83.2 84.7 67.1 46.4<br />

Wyandotte city 83.0 80.4 80.5 76.2<br />

75-84 years <strong>of</strong> age, and rema<strong>in</strong>s at better than 6 <strong>of</strong> 10 for persons 85 years and over.<br />

While home ownership is an important asset, these numbers <strong>in</strong>dicate a large segment <strong>of</strong><br />

the senior population liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> s<strong>in</strong>gle-family dwell<strong>in</strong>gs, <strong>of</strong>ten quite separate from<br />

neighbors and family. Home health care and chore services become a very important part<br />

<strong>of</strong> a service portfolio.<br />

10 The tenure data are based on senior householders by age, rather than all seniors liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> households.<br />

<strong>Senior</strong>s who are not householders are not <strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this analysis.<br />

A <strong>Demographic</strong> <strong>Pr<strong>of</strong>ile</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Senior</strong>s <strong>in</strong> PSA 1-C 23

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