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." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

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.

Residents of Birmingham by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.6% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Birmingham may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Being a small city, Birmingham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Birmingham Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Birmingham is a pretty powerful place. 67.14% of the adults in Birmingham have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

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.