New Census Data Helps Define the Hartland Home

What defines a home?

City-specific household and family data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau take a peek inside the typical home in Hartland, as well as across Livingston County and the state.

Most of the data is not surprising: over the past 10 years, across the county, the number of homeowners fell as the number of renters increased. Additionally, the number of traditional families across the county decreased while the number of nonfamilies increased. (The Census defines nonfamilies as people living alone and households that don't have any members related to the householder).

The stats show that while Hartland grew, it followed the larger trend.

Below is a closer look. For more detailed Hartland data, click here. For more detailed Livingston County data, click here. For 2000,

To crunch your own data, check out American Fact Finder 2 by clicking here. Warning, it can be confusing to use at first, so pay close attention to the directions. For 2000 data, click here.

In Hartland

In Livingston County

Source: U.S. Census

* A family is defined by the Census as a household that includes at least one member of the household related by birth, marriage or adoption. Nonfamily households consist of people living alone and households which do not have any members related to the householder. Same-sex couples are included in the families category if there is at least one additional person related to the householder by birth or adoption.