Beverly Hills, Michigan
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Beverly Hills is a village in Southfield Township
Southfield Township, Michigan
Southfield Township is a civil township of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 14,547 at the 2010 census.The cities of Lathrup Village and Southfield are autonomous municipalities and are no longer part of the township. The township shares some responsibilities with the...

, Oakland County
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...

 of the U.S. state
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 of Michigan
Michigan
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. It is a suburb
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 of Detroit. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,267.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 4 square miles (10.4 km²), of which 0.04 square mile (0.1035995244 km²), or 0.74%, is water, most of which is the main branch of the Rouge River
River Rouge (Michigan)
The River Rouge, also known as the Rouge River, is a river in the Metro Detroit area of southeastern Michigan. It flows into the Detroit River at Zug Island, which is the boundary between the cities of River Rouge and Detroit....

.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 10,437 people, 4,085 households, and 2,998 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
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 was 2,603.6 per square mile (1,004.9/km²). There were 4,196 housing units at an average density of 1,046.7 per square mile (404.0/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.21% White, 3.05% African American, 0.15% Native American, 1.85% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.29% from other races
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, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.41% of the population.

There were 4,085 households out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.8% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.6% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the village the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 4.0% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $90,341, and the median income for a family was $102,223. Males had a median income of $80,283 versus $49,265 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $43,452. About 1.7% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 2.1% of those age 65 or over.

As of the 2010 census the population of Beverly Hills was 10,267. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 87.9% Non-Hispanic white, 6.6% black or African-American, 0.2% Native American, 2.0% Asian, 0.1% Non-Hispanics reporting some other race, 1.6% reporting two or more races and 1.7% Hispanics or Latinos.

Education

Beverly Hills is home to several public schools: Groves High School, Berkshire Middle School, Beverly Elementary, and Greenfield Elementary.

The upper school and administrative offices of the Detroit Country Day School
Detroit Country Day School
Detroit Country Day School is a private, secular school located in four campuses in Oakland County, Michigan, north of Detroit. The administrative offices, facility services, safety and security services, and the upper school are located in a campus in Beverly Hills, along with the middle school...

, a private prep school, are in Beverly Hills. The school's middle school campus is also in Beverly Hills.

Recreation


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