About Empire

Empire is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 378 people and just one neighborhood, Empire is the 595th largest community in Michigan.

Empire is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Empire is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Empire who work in sales jobs (14.95%), management occupations (9.79%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.79%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 10.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Empire is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Empire Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Empire is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.26% of adults in Empire have a college degree.

The per capita income in Empire in 2000 was $27,850, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,400 for a family of four.

The people who call Empire home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Empire is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Empire include German, English, Irish, Polish, Belgian, French, Swedish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Empire is English.