Demographic Profile of Senior in Wayne County, Michigan

Table 23 highlights the importance of seniors to each of the region’s communities by
looking at the share of owner and renter units that they head. Such a tabulation is also
important to a community when it is planning for the future and gauging the potential for
turnover of housing stock. One can see from the table that persons 55 and over head 39
percent of the region’s owner-occupied housing and 26 percent of its rental stock. In the
communities of Allen Park, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse and Trenton ownership rates reach
close to half of all units. A clear knowledge of the living arrangements of the senior
population is extremely important in order to maximize service delivery.
Table 23. Percent of the Population 55+, by Detailed Age Cohort, By Tenure, in Region 1-C, 2000
Community
Owner-Occupied units
Renter-Occupied Units
55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85+ years 55-64 years 65-74 years 75-84 years 85+ years
Region 1-C 14.8 12.8 9.3 1.9 7.7 6.7 7.8 3.6
Allen Park city 12.5 14.5 16.7 3.3 8.6 8.8 13.9 5.7
Belleville city 13.5 11.8 9.0 1.9 10.1 12.2 11.9 4.0
Brownstown township 14.3 6.7 3.9 0.8 7.5 4.0 2.2 0.6
Canton township 13.8 6.2 3.6 0.6 5.8 4.0 4.3 1.8
Dearborn city 12.7 12.2 14.0 4.4 7.9 7.3 10.8 5.4
Dearborn Heights city 14.3 16.8 12.9 2.4 7.5 8.0 10.2 4.1
Ecorse city 17.5 17.0 11.2 3.1 7.7 6.7 4.1 0.6
Flat Rock city 13.6 10.0 7.5 1.0 6.4 6.7 6.5 2.5
Garden City city 13.8 15.5 8.1 1.2 7.3 8.1 8.6 3.7
Gibraltar city 21.8 11.0 5.8 1.3 6.3 3.7 2.0 0.2
Grosse Ile township 22.0 12.4 6.3 1.6 12.6 10.3 5.5 0.8
Huron township 15.5 8.8 4.4 1.1 6.8 6.5 5.2 0.3
Inkster city 17.7 15.1 9.8 1.6 8.1 6.3 4.7 1.7
Lincoln Park city 12.0 12.7 11.9 2.5 9.5 6.3 5.7 1.6
Livonia city 15.2 14.9 9.7 1.6 6.9 10.4 15.6 9.0
Melvindale city 14.8 14.5 10.6 2.9 12.3 6.4 6.9 1.8
Northville city 17.6 10.3 6.3 2.5 8.6 6.0 11.3 8.0
Northville township 21.0 14.3 9.2 1.2 7.6 5.1 7.4 2.3
Plymouth city 11.8 11.2 9.3 3.3 7.3 6.6 8.9 4.4
Plymouth township 19.2 12.8 6.8 1.3 6.1 6.5 10.4 6.4
Redford township 10.4 11.3 11.7 2.6 7.5 6.0 10.0 9.6
River Rouge city 16.0 14.3 11.9 3.5 8.7 5.8 3.0 1.0
Riverview city 19.2 16.9 8.1 0.9 6.9 8.8 15.8 9.5
Rockwood city 16.1 10.2 4.9 1.0 9.9 8.5 8.7 1.7
Romulus city 16.4 9.5 5.5 1.2 8.6 6.3 4.8 1.6
Southgate city 15.5 15.0 11.1 1.5 7.6 8.7 12.5 4.1
Sumpter township 14.2 8.7 4.8 0.8 6.6 5.2 1.6 0.7
Taylor city 17.2 14.3 6.5 1.2 7.4 5.2 4.1 1.2
Trenton city 15.3 18.7 11.6 2.0 9.6 12.0 11.6 4.3
Van Buren township 15.5 9.2 4.8 0.8 5.7 1.8 1.0 0.2
Wayne city 15.5 11.5 7.9 1.6 9.2 6.6 6.1 2.3
Westland city 15.2 13.4 7.4 1.2 7.5 7.0 8.5 4.8
Woodhaven city 18.2 7.6 3.0 0.4 9.7 3.6 3.9 1.2
Wyandotte city 12.3 13.3 13.2 2.9 6.8 8.8 8.6 2.4
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