Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Oakland Township
Affluent horse-country township northeast of Rochester where preserved farmsteads and nature parks line the Paint Creek valley. One assessment, then a plan you can act on.
The homes of Oakland Township
A local distinction: Corridor of the Paint Creek Trail, Michigan's first rails-to-trails project (1983).
Homes and households
Census five-year estimates through 2023 put 85.9% of housing units in detached single-family homes and 95.1% of occupied units with their owners. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 67.5%.
With Paint Creek nearby, seasonal humidity behaves differently, and moisture is where the assessment starts.
What stands in Oakland Township:
- Paint Creek Trail. Michigan's first rails-to-trails project, opened in 1983 on the former Penn Central line; 8.9 limestone miles along Paint Creek.
- Cranberry Lake Farm Historic District. National Register farmstead of ten structures dating to the 1840s at 388 West Predmore Road, rehabilitated by the township's Historic District Commission.
- Bear Creek Nature Park. 107 acres of rolling hills acquired in 1977, with hardwood forest, Bear Creek Marsh, and accessible limestone trails.
- Cranberry Lake Park. 213-acre township park joined to the historic farm district.
- Paint Creek Trail corridor. Non-motorized trail for biking, horseback riding, and skiing through the township's fields and marshlands.
Where the addresses are
Oakland Township takes in one smaller district, Goodison. Goodison: Historic hamlet on the Paint Creek Trail within the township.