Bloomfield Township, Michigan | |
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| Charter Township of Bloomfield | |
.jpg) Bloomfield Township Welcome Sign (2021) | |
%2c_MI_location.png) Location withinOakland County | |
  Bloomfield Township Location within the state of Michigan | |
| Coordinates:42°34′35″N83°16′01″W / 42.57639°N 83.26694°W /42.57639; -83.26694 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Oakland |
| Established | 1827 |
| Government | |
| • Supervisor | Dani Walsh |
| • Clerk | Martin Brook |
| Area | |
| 25.99 sq mi (67.3 km2) | |
| • Land | 24.63 sq mi (63.8 km2) |
| • Water | 1.36 sq mi (3.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| 44,253 | |
| • Density | 2,395/sq mi (925/km2) |
| • Metro | 4,296,250 (Metro Detroit) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | |
| Area codes | 248 and 947 |
| FIPS code | 26-09110[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1625952[2] |
| Website | Official website |
Bloomfield Township is acharter township inOakland County in theU.S. state ofMichigan. A northern suburb ofDetroit, Bloomfield Township is located roughly 20 miles (32 km) northwest ofdowntown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the township had a population of 44,253.[3]
Established in 1827, it is the oldest township of Oakland County. In 2014, Bloomfield Township was ranked the most expensive community in which to live in the state of Michigan with a median home price of $224,977.[4]
The Township has no incorporated villages and multipleunincorporated communities:
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 25.99 square miles (67.31 km2), of which 24.63 square miles (63.79 km2) is land and 1.36 square miles (3.5 km2) (5.23%) is water.[14]
Bloomfield Township bordersPontiac andAuburn Hills to the north. The cities ofBloomfield Hills andBirmingham are within the originalsurvey township.West Bloomfield Township is to the west, the city ofTroy is to the east, andSouthfield Township is to the south. Bloomfield Township shares a small border with the city ofKeego Harbor in the northwest corner of the township. The main branch of theRouge River rises in the township in Oakland County.
| District | Representative | Party | Since |
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| 11th | Haley Stevens | Democratic | 2023[a] |
| District | Senator | Party | Since |
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| 7th | Jeremy Moss | Democratic | 2023 |
| District | Representative | Party | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19th | Samantha Steckloff | Democratic | 2023 |
| 20th | Noah Arbit | Democratic | 2023 |
| 54th | Donni Steele | Republican | 2023 |
| 56th | Sharon MacDonnell | Democratic | 2023 |
| District | Commissioner | Party | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Angela Powell | Democratic | 2021 |
| 11 | Marcia Gershenson | Democratic | 2005 |
As of thecensus[1] of 2000, there were 43,023 people, 16,804 households, and 12,703 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,724.5 inhabitants per square mile (665.8/km2). There were 17,455 housing units at an average density of 699.7 units per square mile (270.2 units/km2). The racial makeup of the township was 87.70%White, 4.30%Black orAfrican American, 0.08%Native American, 6.47%Asian, 0.05%Pacific Islander, 0.29% fromother races, and 1.11% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 1.38% of the population.
There were 16,804 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.1% weremarried couples living together, 5.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.4% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the township the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 21.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 17.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $103,897, and the median income for a family was $123,381 (These figures had risen to $119,233 and $144,033 as of a 2007 estimate[21]). Males had a median income of $98,985 versus $50,540 for females. Theper capita income for the township was $62,716. About 1.2% of families and 2.5% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.
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Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Township has been host to a number of major professional golf events, including sixU.S. Opens and the2004 Ryder Cup.
Bloomfield Township is also home to the Detroit Skating Club where a number of figure skaters have trained, including single skatersTara Lipinski,Todd Eldredge,Alissa Czisny,Adam Rippon,Jeremy Abbott and ice dancersNathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat,Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje,Naomi Lang/Peter Tchernyshev,Elizabeth Punsalan/Jerod Swallow. Coaches based at the DSC includeYuka Sato,Jason Dungjen (single skating),Anjelika Krylova,Pasquale Camerlengo,Massimo Scali, Elizabeth Punsalan,Natalia Annenko-Deller (ice dancing).[22]
The township's primary public school district isBloomfield Hills School District (BHS), but large portions of the southeast corner and western edges of the township are inBirmingham Public Schools (BPS) and a portion of the northeast corner is inAvondale School District.[citation needed] Another portion is in thePontiac School District.[23]
The sole BHS district comprehensive high school isBloomfield Hills High School in Bloomfield Township, formed in 2013 by the mergers ofAndover High School andLahser High School.[24][25]
Two portions of Bloomfield Township are in the Birmingham Public Schools district (BPS). Students in the southeastern portion of the township, wrapping around the city of Birmingham, are zoned to one of four elementary schools (Harlan, Pembroke, Pierce, or Quarton), Derby Middle School, andSeaholm High School. Students in a small portion Bloomfield Township northwest of the intersection of Fourteen Mile Rd. and Lahser Rd. are zoned to Bingham Farms Elementary, Berkshire Middle School, andGroves High School. Students on the western side of the township, along with portions of BPS that extend into West Bloomfield Township, are zoned to West Maple Elementary, Berkshire Middle School, andGroves High School.
A portion of northeast Bloomfield Township is within theAvondale School District. Students in that section are zoned to R. Grant Graham Elementary School inAuburn Hills, Avondale Middle School inRochester Hills, andAvondale High School in Auburn Hills.[26]
The Lower School and Junior School campuses of theDetroit Country Day School are located in the township[citation needed] as areAcademy of the Sacred Heart,Brother Rice High School,Marian High School, and theInternational Academy, a magnet school run by BHS. Other private schools includingCranbrook Schools,The Roeper School, and St. Hugo have campuses located just inside nearbyBloomfield Hills andBirmingham.
TheFrench School of Detroit has its administrative offices at Meadow Lake Elementary School in the township.[25][27] Preschool classes are held at Meadow Lake,[28] while elementary school students attend classes at Meadow Lake and at any one of four partner elementary schools, including West Maple Elementary in Bloomfield Township.[29]
Kensington Academy, a Catholic boy's elementary and middle school, first opened on the Sacred Heart campus in 1969. It moved into its own facility in 1982. In 2006 it announced that it was merging with Sacred Heart.[30] At one time it occupied a facility in Bloomfield Township.[31]
TheJapanese School of Detroit, aweekend supplementary education program for Japanese nationals of primary and secondary school age, first started holding classes at Kensington Academy in 1981.[32] It later had its school offices in the former Kensington Academy facility in Bloomfield Township.[33]
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