Oakland County, Michigan
Healthy Home Assessments in Waterford Township
Lake-laced township of about 70,000 between Pontiac and the western lakes country, with dozens of lakes threading its neighborhoods. We measure the indoor environment and explain it.
The homes of Waterford Township
On the record: Home of Oakland County International Airport, the seventeenth-busiest general aviation airport in the United States.
The building stock
Detached single-family homes are 74.2% of the stock; owner-occupancy is 75.4% of occupied units, on 2023 five-year Census estimates. Bachelor's attainment among adults is 29.4%.
Water at Cass Lake changes what humidity does, so moisture and condensation get the longest look.
Ground that fixes Waterford Township on the map:
- Oakland County International Airport. County-run airport ranked the nation's seventeenth-busiest general aviation field and second in Michigan only to Detroit Metro.
- Dodge No. 4 State Park. State park with a sandy beach and a mile of Cass Lake shoreline.
- Cass Lake. Oakland County's largest and deepest lake at 1,280 acres, with state-park shoreline in Waterford.
- Waterford's lakes. About three dozen recognized lakes within the township, the base of its year-round water recreation.
- Dodge No. 4 beach. Cass Lake swimming and winter recreation at the state park.