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Breckenridge, MI

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Overview


Breckenridge is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,260 people and just one neighborhood, Breckenridge is the 448th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Breckenridge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Breckenridge is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Breckenridge who work in sales jobs (9.66%), office and administrative support (9.21%), and food service (9.21%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Breckenridge 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.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Breckenridge who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.31% of the adults in Breckenridge have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Breckenridge in 2018 was $24,695, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,780 for a family of four. However, Breckenridge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Breckenridge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Breckenridge residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Breckenridge include English, German, Irish, Polish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Breckenridge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 44 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 90.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Breckenridge are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 30.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.7%), and 18.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Breckenridge, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.2%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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