City of Wixom Wixom is a town/city that lies in the borders of northwest Novi and southwest Commerce Township in Oakland County in the U.S.
The populace was 13,498 at the 2010 census. The town/city was home to the former Wixom Assembly Plant, which produced the Lincoln LS, the Ford Thunderbird, the Ford GT, and the Lincoln Town Car.
The assembly of a barns depot and the naming of the region as Wixom fixed Wixom as a destination.
The village of Wixom was incorporated in the 1950s following the announcement of plans to construct the Wixom Assembly Plant in Novi Township.
Efforts by the remainder of Novi Township to incorporate as a village prompted the newly established village of Wixom to incorporate as a city.
The town/city largely follows the borders of the village although a small region of parkland on the north side of the town/city was took in from Commerce Township in the 1970s.
On November 13, 1996, Gerald Atkins "shot his way" (according to eyewitness reports) into the Ford Wixom Assembly Plant plant with a CAR-15 semi-automatic rifle, eventually killing plant manufacturing manager Darrell Izzard (aged 57) in a hallway; the shooter wounded three others.
The downtown region of the town/city is being advanced with a new chief street region on Pontiac Trail by the town/city offices called the Wixom Village Center.
The residentiary evolution called Tribute of Wixom will contain 600 units that include ranch-style condos, town homes, and single-family homes.
Most of Wixom is part of Walled Lake Consolidated Schools. A small region of commercial property on the city's southern border lies inside the Novi Community Schools district, while the extreme southwest portion of the town/city is inside the South Lyon Community School District. Schools positioned in the town/city limits include Loon Lake Elementary School, Wixom Elementary School, Sarah Banks Middle School, and Wixom Christian School.
Walled Lake precinct elementary schools serving Wixom include Loon Lake, Wixom, Hickory Woods, and Walled Lake. Most of Wixom is zoned to Banks Middle School, with a small part zoned to Geisler Middle School. Most inhabitants are zoned to Walled Lake Western High School. Some parts of the town/city are zoned to Walled Lake Central High School. The portion in the South Lyon precinct is zoned to Dolsen Elementary School, Centennial Middle School, and South Lyon East High School. Prior to 1958, Wixom received police services from the Oakland County Sheriff's Department.
Wixom is protected by Fire Station #1 on North Wixom Road.
In 1996, two Wixom police officers, Gary Hamlin and Martin Harp, undertook the dangerous task of apprehending and arresting Gerald Atkins (the above-mentioned Ford plant killer) as he sought refuge in a large storm drain.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.36 square miles (24.24 km2), of which 9.15 square miles (23.70 km2) is territory and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 79.8% White, 11.1% African American, 0.2% Native American, 4.9% Asian, 1.9% from other competitions, and 2.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,725 homeholds of which 33.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.0% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.9% were non-families.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 90.40% White, 2.50% African American, 0.51% Native American, 2.85% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.55% from other competitions, and 2.14% from two or more competitions.
There were 5,889 homeholds out of which 30.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 46.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.9% under the age of 18, 14.0% from 18 to 24, 39.1% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 5.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 4.5% of families and 5.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
"Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Wixom city, Michigan".
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"2151 Loon Lake Road :: Wixom, Michigan 48393" Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
"301 North Wixom Road :: Wixom, Michigan 48393" Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
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"Wixom Elem." (Archive) Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
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"Walled Lake Elem." (Archive) Walled Lake Consolidated Schools.
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Wixom Walled Lake Consolidated School District
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