Birmingham is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 19,373 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Birmingham is the 74th largest community in Michigan.

Birmingham is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 93.67% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Birmingham is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Birmingham who work in management occupations (21.11%), sales jobs (17.12%), and office and administrative support jobs (8.25%).

Of important note, Birmingham is also a city of artists. Birmingham has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Birmingham's character.

Also of interest is that Birmingham has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Birmingham, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Birmingham is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Birmingham is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Birmingham really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Birmingham perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For most residents of Birmingham, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 97.6% of people in Birmingham drive alone to work on most days, making Birmingham a very car-oriented city. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Birmingham's landscape.

Birmingham 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.

Birmingham Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Birmingham, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Birmingham is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.14% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Birmingham in 2000 was $59,314, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $237,256 for a family of four. However, Birmingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Birmingham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Birmingham is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Birmingham include German, English, Irish, Polish, Italian, Scottish, Russian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Birmingham is English.