Livingston County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Green Oak Township
Green Oak Charter Township is Livingston County's southeast gateway, the place where US-23 and I-96 funnel Ann Arbor and Detroit traffic into oak country, and it wears both halves of that identity: 4,000 acres of state parkland on the Huron River on one side, a lifestyle mall reached through a triple roundabout on the other. Air, moisture, water and ventilation, read together.
Inside a Green Oak Township home
Green Oak Township covers 36.8 square miles in the southeast corner of Livingston County and recorded 19,539 residents at the 2020 census. Also noted: Voted in September 2005 to become the second charter township in Livingston County. Those residents occupy about 6,801 households. In September 2005 the township board voted to incorporate as a charter township, making Green Oak the second charter township in Livingston County.
What the numbers say
Owner-occupancy sits at 91.7%, and 83.3% of all units are detached single-family homes, per 2023 five-year Census figures. Some 47.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The record of building starts around 1835, so the assessment reads an older envelope. Among the local landmarks: Silver Lake, Fonda Lake, Nichwagh Lake, Maltby Lake and the north end of Whitmore Lake.
Near Whitmore Lake the humidity picture shifts, which puts basement moisture, condensation and drainage first.
Ground that fixes Green Oak Township on the map:
- Island Lake State Recreation Area. State park of 4,000 acres in the township with four inland lakes and the Huron River.
- Green Oak Village Place. Open-air shopping center in the township that opened in stages between 2006 and 2008.
- Whitmore Lake. All-sports lake of 667 acres whose north shore and public boat launch sit in Green Oak Township.
- Huron Valley Trail. Paved regional trail whose western extension connects into the 4.5 mile paved path at Island Lake State Recreation Area.
- Whitmore Lake Boat Launch. State boat launch on North Shore Road in Green Oak Township that the DNR manages under Island Lake Recreation Area.
Where the addresses are
Inside Green Oak Township sit 4 smaller settlements: Whitmore Lake, Green Oak, Island Lake and Rushton. Whitmore Lake: Census designated place that spans the boundary between Green Oak Township and Northfield Township. Green Oak: Historic unincorporated community on Silver Lake Road on the east side of the township. Addresses fall in 48116, 48178 and 48189. The township's US-23 interchange is a rare hybrid dumbbell design, with a double roundabout on one side of the freeway.