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Capac is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,978 people and just one neighborhood, Capac is the 354th largest community in Michigan.
Occupations and Workforce
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Capac is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.72% of the Capac workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Capac is a village of service providers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Capac who work in healthcare suport services (7.97%), office and administrative support (7.21%), and sales jobs (6.66%).
Setting & Lifestyle
It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Capac has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Capac has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Capac than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Capac may be for you.
One downside of living in Capac is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Capac, the average commute to work is 32.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small village, Capac doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Demographics
The percentage of people in Capac with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.15% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Capac in 2022 was $27,165, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,660 for a family of four. However, Capac contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Capac is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Capac home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Capac residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Capac also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.98% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Capac include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Capac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics
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.
Occupations
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.7% 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.
Diversity
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 3.5% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Greek at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
The Neighbors
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 Capac are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 81.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 14.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 59.0% 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, 46.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (17.8%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
Languages
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
Ethnicity / Ancestry
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 Capac, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.9%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.5%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.8%), along with some English ancestry residents (10.6%), among others.
Getting to Work
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (31.9% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (81.5%) 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 (11.2%) and 5.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.
SCOUT’s patented match algorithm identifies the most similar neighborhoods to a subject location, and quantifies the similarity to the subject location. This allows analysts to identify the most similar neighborhoods in a local market area for appraisals, investments, and research.
The algorithm uses 273 neighborhood conditions, identifies the dominant dimensions underlying the conditions and calculates the similarity. This captures the true culture and character of locations, economic conditions, and trends.
The closer to 100% means the locations are nearly identical. 80% is a very good, but not excellent match, and so forth.
