Coleman is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,264 people and just one neighborhood, Coleman is the 442nd largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Coleman is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coleman is a city of service providers, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coleman who work in management occupations (12.67%), office and administrative support (8.44%), and food service (8.44%).
As is often the case in a small city, Coleman doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Coleman is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.10% of adults 25 and older in Coleman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Coleman in 2018 was $19,043, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,172 for a family of four.
The people who call Coleman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coleman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Coleman include German, English, Irish, French, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Coleman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Coleman are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 72.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 27.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 78.0% 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, 30.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (22.9%), and 19.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.0%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Coleman, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (20.5%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (4.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.6%), among others.
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 (38.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.5%) 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 (11.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.