Residents born abroad in Lapeer Township, 2026

Look past the headlines and the numbers start talking. The Census puts the residents born outside the U.S. in Lapeer Township at 2.7%.

That is 13% above the Lapeer County figure of 2.3%. Against Metro Detroit as a whole, 10.7%, it is 75% below.

Where Lapeer Township stands

Among 24 communities in Lapeer County, Lapeer Township has the 7th highest figure, above 74% of them. The middle figure in that group is 1.5%, so Lapeer Township sits above the typical one.

The range runs from 0.3% in Burnside Township to 12.2% in Imlay City. The highest figures in the group belong to Imlay City (12.2%), Almont (6.3%), and Imlay Township (4.8%).

Across all 198 Metro Detroit communities, Lapeer Township ranks 134th.

Next door

Arcadia Township nearby comes in at 0.7%, 75% lower. Lapeer nearby comes in at 1.0%, 63% lower.

Attica Township nearby comes in at 1.4%, 46% lower. Dryden Township nearby comes in at 2.6%, about the same.

Related numbers

For median age, Lapeer Township comes in at 52.8 years. For average household size, Lapeer Township comes in at 2.39 people.

For households with children under 18, Lapeer Township comes in at 23.8%.

What it means for you

So what does that mean for you?

Metro Detroit has always been built by newcomers, and the share born abroad shows where they settle today.

How we read the numbers

The figure is the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Ranks compare Lapeer Township with the 24 communities in Lapeer County that have the same figure on file, highest first.