The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bad Axe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bad Axe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Bad Axe is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.23 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.
The percentage of adults in Bad Axe with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.38% of adults in Bad Axe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bad Axe in 2018 was $27,341, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,364 for a family of four. However, Bad Axe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bad Axe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bad Axe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bad Axe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bad Axe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bad Axe include German, Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bad Axe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
