Kurt Metzger, research director in the Center for Urban Studies, comments about Oakland County's aging population. In 2000, 11.3 percent of Oakland's population was 65 or older; in 2005, the figure had grown to only 11.4 percent, but officials estimate by 2030 the percentage will jump to 20.7. "We're getting older; and it's going to be important for communities, and the county as a whole, to do a lot of planning," Metzger says. "Communities are going to have to look towards the kinds of services they're going to offer and the housing they have."