![]() ![]() About 1.2% of families and 2.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.Īccording to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the township was $84,901, and the median income for a family was $88,458. The per capita income for the township was $25,907. Males had a median income of $59,206 versus $32,232 for females. The median income for a household in the township was $72,319, and the median income for a family was $78,840. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.3 males. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. In the township the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. ![]() The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.30. 13.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 16,946 households out of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.7% were married couples living together, 6.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population. The racial makeup of the township was 96.12% White, 0.84% African American, 0.19% Native American, 1.41% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. There were 17,922 housing units at an average density of 494.1 per square mile (190.8/km²). The population density was 1,391.7 per square mile (537.3/km²). The area is predominantly mixed of flat fertile land and swampy wetland, but as of the housing boom since the late 90s, the area has been largely suburbanizing over the last few years.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 50,478 people, 16,946 households, and 14,065 families residing in the township. Meade is an unincorporated community in the northeast portion of the township at 42☄3′03″N 82★2′26″W / 42.7175, -82.87389 on the boundary with Ray Township at 26 Mile Road and North Avenue.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 36.3 square miles (94.0 km²), of which, 36.3 square miles (93.9 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.06%) is water.Waldenburg is an unincorporated community in the central portion of the township at 42☃9′26″N 82★6′15″W / 42.65722, -82.9375, a few miles south of Macomb on the Romeo Plank Road and the Clinton River, chiefly in the 22 Mile Road area.Macomb is an unincorporated community in the northwest part of the township at 42☄2′03″N 82★7′33″W / 42.70083, -82.95917 on the Romeo Plank Road near the Middle Branch of the Clinton River.There are no incorporated communities within the township, but there are three distinct areas: This route became known as Romeo Plank, and is the name of the modern-day road that runs down the same route. Logs would be transported south from Wolcott Mill in Ray Township, down the Middle Branch Clinton River to sawmills. Macomb Township was also a large part of the lumber and logging industry of Southeast Michigan in the late 19th century and early 20th century. ![]() The township was named in honor of General Alexander Macomb, who was a highly decorated veteran of the War of 1812 his successful mercantile family owned most of Macomb County at one time. The Township of Macomb was officially approved by the Legislative Council on March 7, 1834. Many of these early settlers were of German descent, and the German influences remain today. The early founders of Macomb Township arrived in the early 19th century in search of flat and fertile farmland, like that near the Clinton River. ![]()
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