Housing

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In Livonia, you can count on living in a clean safe neighborhood with well maintained homes. The homes will feed into outstanding public schools and be only a short distance from parks and family oriented recreational activities, while still being near convenient shopping.

Scattered throughout the city, unique neighborhoods create their own communities. When living anywhere in Livonia, residents are only blocks from major thoroughfares, which, in todays mobile society, can transport them to and from all their daily needs.

New housing developments are popping up all over. Combined with the current stock of homes to satisfy every housing taste that ranges from stately older homes which retain some of Livonias past, two story and ranch-style homes in family-oriented neighborhoods, or the executive-style homes in one of the communitys newly developed areas. Livonia also has many new condominiums for retirees or those heading toward retirement. Housing stock is stable and ever increasing in value because Livonia is a clean, safe and well maintained community backed by an excellent school system.

If you are interested in looking at homes in Livonia please talk with a local, reliable Chamber member realtor found in the Find a Businesssection of this Web site.

Housing/Cost of Living/Personal Incomes:
Housing Units	Approximately 39,000
Percentage Owner Occupied	88% (66.2% national average)
Average Home Price	Approximately $191,000 (Homegain.com)
Cost of Living (USA Avg. 100%)	Approximately 109% (various sources)

Per capita income (2003)	$35,972 (For Detroit-Warren-Livonia MSA)*
Sales Tax	6%
Property Tax	11.42 Mills
State Income Tax	3.99%
Unemployment Rate (Livonia)	3.7% as of July 2005 (Michigan DELG)
2000 Census Income Data:

Per capita income	$27,923 (27% above national average)
Median family income	$72,720 (31% above national average)
Median household income	$63,018 (33% above national average)
Poverty Level	3.3% (national average 12.4%)
*US Department of Commerce