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Demographic and Market Data

Saginaw Charter Township has experienced steady and consistent growth during the past several decades. Our commercial corridors draw from a strong regional market and our close proxmity to first-class medical facilities means we have a strong office and medical market. General demographic and market data is available below. If you have a particular inquiry and cannot find your answers here, please contact us for assistance.

Population Trends and Forecasts
Workforce Information
Education
Trade Area by Industry
Location Quotients by Sector/Activity

Population Trends and Forecasts

• The Township has changed dramatically in terms of population since 1970.  Between 1970 and 1980, the Township grew by more than 11,000 residents, growing from 27,234 to 38,668.  Population decreased between 1980 and 1990, and then has slowly increased between 1990 and 2004.  This trend is typical for many townships in Michigan due to out-migration from urban centers to abutting townships. 

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• Population projections were conducted for the Township using two different methods.  The extrapolation method, which is more conservative, is strictly based on previous changes in population as measured during the past three U.S. Census counts.  This weighted rate of change is then applied to the population as it existed in 2000.  The 2004 population estimate/projection as it is noted in Table 2 is a population estimate from the US Census and not a projection.  The housing unit method is considered to be more accurate than the extrapolation method.  The average number of new residential homes constructed between April 1, 2000 and November of 2005 was determined and then adjusted to estimate the number of new homes to be constructed between November of 2005 and April 1 of 2006.  These numbers are then adjusted using Census information relating to occupancy rates, owner occupied units and persons per unit and rental occupied units and persons per unit.   Both projections show continued, steady growth within the Township and both tend to err toward a more conservative growth forecast.

  

Workforce Information

Employment is determined for all those residents in the Township 16 years and older.  Within the Township, a total of 18,893 persons are employed.  Employment is again broken down by industry and occupation.  The table below details employment within Saginaw Township by both industry and occupation.  Working in tandem with the educational attainment levels of persons in Saginaw Township, it is not surprising that the largest employment industry is educational, health and social services and that the occupation with the most residents is “professional.” 

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