Everything about Lansing Charter Township Michigan totally explained
The
Charter Township of Lansing, is a
charter township of
Ingham County in the
U.S. state of
Michigan. As of the
2000 census, it had a population of 8,458, but was predicted to have declined a population of 7,892 according to the 2006
Census Bureau estimate, a drop of 6.7%, the largest drop in
Metro Lansing.
The township is unique in that it consists of five noncontiguous tracts of land, one on the west side of the city, three on the east side, between Lansing and East Lansing, and one on the southeast side of the city.
History
The township was organized in 1842, and included what, today, is most of the
City of Lansing. It was named after the hometown of one of the township's original settlers.
(External Link
) The township experienced its first loss of land in 1859 when Lansing was officially incorporated as a city.
Township description
The cities of
Lansing and
East Lansing have incorporated much of the land that formerly constituted the township reducing the township from its original 36 square miles to its current 4.9 square miles.
The western section of the township is the largest section of the township, and includes most all of the township's industrial developments including the large
General Motors Lansing Craft Centre and General Motors Lansing Metral Center automobile factories, both of which were closed and shuttered in early 2006
(External Link). It also contains the 9-hole Waverly Golf Course and the adjacent West Michigan Avenue Park which includes a sledding hill and Little League Baseball field, both of which are owned and operated by the
City of Lansing(External Link). At the northend of this section of the township north of Saginaw Avenue lies the CDP (
Census Designated Place) of
Edgemont Park.
The northeastern section of the township is heavily industrialized on its western end (west of Wood Road), but since 2002 this section has become the 'downtown' of Lansing Township with the construction of the
Eastwood Towne Center(External Link), one of the largest shopping malls in Metropolitan Lansing, and the subsequent creation of the Lansing Township Downtown Development Authority to capture state and national funds for development.
The central eastern sections of the township are almost exclusively residential, save for a small strip of land that runs along either side of
US 127. The northern portion of these two sections contain the large Groesbeck neighborhood, and the smaller southern portion includes part of the Urbandale neighborhood.
The southeastern section of the township is exclusively
agricultural in nature, containing experimental farms for
Michigan State University.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 5.1
square miles (13.1
km²), of which, 4.9 square miles (12.8 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (1.98%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 8,458 people, 4,104 households, and 2,047 families residing in the township. The
population density was 1,709.0 per square mile (659.7/km²). There were 4,317 housing units at an average density of 872.3/sq mi (336.7/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 82.93%
White, 8.43%
African American, 0.48%
Native American, 2.07%
Asian, 0.04%
Pacific Islander, 3.17% from
other races, and 2.88% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 7.33% of the population.
There were 4,104 households out of which 22.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.3% were
married couples living together, 12.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.1% were non-families. 40.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.05 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the township the population was spread out with 20.9% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 87.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $41,017, and the median income for a family was $50,632. Males had a median income of $37,124 versus $28,829 for females. The
per capita income for the township was $22,885. About 5.2% of families and 7.5% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 8.2% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.
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