Michigan Center is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,609 people and two associated neighborhoods, Michigan Center is the 205th largest community in Michigan.
A relatively large number of people in Michigan Center telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.75% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Michigan Center 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. Michigan Center has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Michigan Center than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Michigan Center may be for you.
Being a small town, Michigan Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Michigan Center is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.24% of adults 25 and older in Michigan Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Michigan Center in 2022 was $40,255, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,020 for a family of four. However, Michigan Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Michigan Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Michigan Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Michigan Center include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Michigan Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.