Van Buren Township

Located on the western edge of Wayne County, Van Buren Charter Township is ideally located. Interstate 94 traverses East and West through the center of the Township. Interstate 275 cuts through the Northeast quarter of the Township and Michigan Avenue. [US-12] crosses the Northwest corner.  

Ecorse Road, an important county primary route connects Willow Run Airport, a major airfreight and general aviation facility to Haggerty Road. The Haggerty Road corridor is the general area of most of the Township's industrial growth.

Rail service from Penn Central [Conrail] dissects over two miles of industrial zoned land in the Northwest region of the township.

Belleville Lake, Wayne County's largest inland lake, host a multitude of housing choices and is an excellent recreational facility. Residential growth has been mainly south of I-94 .

A large Township park on the West side of the Township and the Lower Huron Metro Park along the Southeast border provide hundreds of acres of open recreation space. Van Buren officials brag, "if we don't have it, we're less than 30 minutes away from it."

Date Created or Inc.	1835		Labor Force [2000 avg.]	12,500
Area [Square Miles]	35.96		Unemployment Rate [2000 avg.]	1.9%
Population 2000	23,559		Per Capita Income [1989]	$15,785
% Population Change [1990-2000]	12.1%		% PCI Change 79-89	74.3%
% Aged 18 & Over [1990]	73.8%		Years of Schooling
% Aged 65 & Over [1990]	6.7%		High School Only	32%
Median Age [2000]	32.1 years		College 1-3 years	29%
# of Households[2000]	9,867		College 4+ years	16%
# of Households [1990]	7,888	:: van buren township :: 46425 Tyler Road Belleville, MI 48111 Ph: 734-699-8900
# of Persons Per Household [1990]	2.26
# of Housing Units [2000]	10,417
% Change Housing Units 90-00	23%
Average Housing Sales Price [1999]	$124,031

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