East Tawas is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,997 people and two constituent neighborhoods, East Tawas is the 317th largest community in Michigan.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, East Tawas is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, East Tawas is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Tawas who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.45%), sales jobs (9.72%), and teaching (8.16%).

One of the benefits of East Tawas is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.30 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

East Tawas is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of East Tawas isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.51% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

East Tawas 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.

East Tawas Information and Demographics

The education level of East Tawas citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 19.35% of adults in East Tawas have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Tawas in 2000 was $17,168, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $68,672 for a family of four.

The people who call East Tawas home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Tawas is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in East Tawas include German, Irish, English, French, Polish, French Canadian, Finnish, Scotch-Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in East Tawas is English.