About Lathrup Village

Lathrup Village is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,236 people and just one neighborhood, Lathrup Village is the 251st largest community in Michigan.

Lathrup Village is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.35% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lathrup Village is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lathrup Village who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.63%), sales jobs (11.47%), and teaching (11.07%).

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

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

In addition, Lathrup Village is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Lathrup Village is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lathrup Village a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lathrup Village has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lathrup Village's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Lathrup Village is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Lathrup Village 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. 98.88% 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.

Lathrup Village 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.

Lathrup Village Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Lathrup Village. 51.45% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lathrup Village in 2000 was $35,998, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,992 for a family of four. However, Lathrup Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lathrup Village is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lathrup Village home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lathrup Village is African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Lathrup Village include German, English, Polish, Irish, African, and Assyrian-Chaldean-Syriac.

The most common language spoken in Lathrup Village is English.