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SperlingViews - Oak_Park, Michigan

Oak Park, MI
Population27,648
Median Age38.2
Pop. Density5,557
Pop. Change-7.27%
Married Population39.82%
Household Size2.63
Unemployment Rate15.20%
Median Home Cost$133,700
Homes Owned72.99%
Home Appreciation-3.66%
Percent Religious45.83%
Commute Time25.6

37.45% of people are white, 55.34% are black, 2.03% are asian, 0.23% are native american, and 4.94% claim 'Other'. 1.41% of the people in Oak Park, MI, claim hispanic ethnicity (meaning 98.59% are non-hispanic).


P
Oak Park, MI
Unimpressive - 7/10/2008

Every day I think about living somewhere else.[read more...]

Harry
Oak Park, MI
Oak Park - 7/7/2007

I was raised in Oak Park, Michigan and the quality of life there was pretty good. Had a nice park, ice skating rink, public swimming pool, etc.[read more...]

Stephanie
Livonia, MI
Going down hill - 1/25/2006

We lived in Oak Park for 6 years. In that time it went from an up-and-coming neighborhood like Ferndale or Royal Oak to a pit. This place has gone so down hill in the last few years that we just had to get out. We were thankful to get some kind of return on our house. If we had waited any longer I think we would have lost money. I agree with the other person - don't move here.[read more...]

Johnathan
Oak Park, MI
don't move here - 1/1/2006

boring city that has absolutely pathetic job growth, very few residents actually work in Oak Park because it is a small city that most businesses see as an unattractive area, in fact you are more likely to see buildings being razed. This is a dying city unlike the suburbs north of interstate 696 that seem to suffer from overdevelopment.[read more...]