Bentley is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,498 people and just one neighborhood, Bentley is the 306th largest community in Michigan.
Bentley is a blue-collar town, with 49.86% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Bentley is a town of transportation and shipping workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bentley who work in office and administrative support (9.16%), healthcare (5.59%), and sales jobs (5.30%).
Overall, Bentley’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bentley has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bentley a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Bentley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bentley, the average commute to work is 35.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Bentley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Bentley is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.29% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bentley in 2022 was $31,214, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $124,856 for a family of four. However, Bentley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Bentley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bentley residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bentley include German, Polish, Irish, French, and English.
The most common language spoken in Bentley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.7% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 35 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 1.6% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 16.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Bentley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 49.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 21.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.0% of households. Some people also speak Polish (16.7%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Bentley, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (23.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.2%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (6.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (6.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (85.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.