Clarkston (Michigan)
Oakland County
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Clarkston, officially City of the Village of Clarkston, is a city in Oakland County in the southeast of the U.S. state of Michigan. In 2000, Clarkston had 962 inhabitants; to 2009, the population declined to 917.
Geography
The area of the city is 1.3 km ², 1.2 km ² of land. The population density is 808 inhabitants per km ². Clarkston is located on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit, the center of the Independence Township. The small city is the economic and social center of the much larger townships and many citizens say of himself, to live in Clarkston, even if they do not live in the urban area itself.
Clarkston is located 67.9 km north west of the city of Detroit. Other major towns in the area of Clarkston are Flint (45,3 km to the northwest ), Michigan's capital, Lansing (109 km west) and Ann Arbor ( 77.1 kilometers south-southwest ).
Demographic data
At the official census in 2000 962 inhabitants were determined. They lived in 406 households; among them were 265 families. The population density was 808 per km ². In the resort 424 residential units were recorded. Among the population was 96.8 % White and 1.0 % of other ethnic groups; 2.2 % reported belonging to several ethnic groups.
Among the 406 households 29% had children under the age of 18; 31% were single-person households. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size 3.01.
The population was spread out with 25.7 % under the age of 18, 5.3 % from 18 to 24, 27.7 % 25-44 years, 28.0% from 45 to 64 years and 13.4 % of 65 years or older. The median age was 41 years, significantly higher than the U.S. national average of 35 years.
The median household income was $ 62,667, the median family income $ 90,189. The per capita income was $ 36,838 in Clarkston. Under the poverty line lived 3.7% of the population.
Memorable people
- Valerie Bertinelli, actress
- Kid Rock, musician
- Bob Seger, musician
- Scott Kraus, Musicians
- Jason Hanson, playing for the Detroit Lions
- Bob Miller, former player also with the Detroit Lions
- In Clarkston, there was the summer home of Henry Ford His house on Main Street still stands. Ford had in Clarkston also a mill, supplied with water from the Mill Pond. He paid the first sewers of Clarkston.
National Register of Historic Places
The following buildings in Clarkston are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: