Washtenaw County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Augusta Township
Farm township of about 7,000 in southeast Washtenaw County where 60 percent of the land still grows crops and residents choose open land over development. Dr. Jadan reads the whole indoor environment in one visit.
Augusta Township, house by house
A local distinction: One of Washtenaw County's most agricultural townships, with 60 percent of its 36 square miles still farmed.
What the numbers say
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 81.4% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 90.1% of occupied units with their owners. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 30.0%.
With owner-occupancy at 90.1%, the report can follow moisture from the roofline down to the slab without stopping at a lease boundary.
Named places in Augusta Township:
- Whittaker crossroads. Hamlet first called Augusta Center, renamed after Franklin B. Whittaker's trackside general store took all the rail deliveries; its township hall dates to 1867.
- Willis rail hamlet. Founded when the Detroit, Butler and St. Louis Railroad laid tracks by Howell's General Store; its creamery once handled 50,000 pounds of milk a day.
- Protected farmland landscape. About 60 percent of the 36-square-mile township remains in farming, much of it under land protection.
- Rural open lands. Residents have repeatedly voted to keep land rural and open rather than develop it.
- Township community grounds. Civic grounds serving the Whittaker and Willis communities.
Across the community
Within Augusta Township are 2 smaller settlements: Whittaker and Willis. Whittaker: Historic hamlet at the township's center. Willis: Rail-era hamlet along the former Detroit, Butler and St. Louis line.