Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.62 minutes getting to work every day.
Sturgis is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Sturgis are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.58% of adults in Sturgis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Sturgis in 2022 was $28,741, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,964 for a family of four. However, Sturgis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sturgis is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sturgis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sturgis residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Sturgis also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.39% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Sturgis include German, Irish, European, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Sturgis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
