Fife Lake is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 469 people and just one neighborhood, Fife Lake is the 577th largest community in Michigan.
Fife Lake real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Fife Lake house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
When you are in Fife Lake, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 36.16% of Fife Lake’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Fife Lake is a village of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fife Lake who work in office and administrative support (18.08%), sales jobs (13.56%), and healthcare suport services (6.21%).
Also of interest is that Fife Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Fife Lake is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Fife Lake a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Fife Lake has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Fife Lake’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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!) Fife Lake 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. Fife Lake has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fife Lake than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fife Lake may be for you.
One downside of living in Fife Lake is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fife Lake, the average commute to work is 32.87 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small village, Fife Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Fife Lake citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.15% of adults 25 and older in Fife Lake have a college degree.
The per capita income in Fife Lake in 2022 was $35,513, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,052 for a family of four. However, Fife Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Fife Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fife Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fife Lake include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Fife Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fife Lake, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
If you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 5.1% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Michigan, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Michigan. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for families with school-aged children.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 2.2% have Finnish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fife Lake are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 79.9% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 30.8% 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 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.8%), and 18.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (5.1%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Fife Lake, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.7%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report Polish roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.3%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (7.0%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.6%) 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 (8.8%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.