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Columbiaville, MI

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Overview


Columbiaville is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 712 people and just one neighborhood, Columbiaville is the 530th largest community in Michigan. Columbiaville has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Occupations and Workforce

When you are in Columbiaville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.05% of Columbiaville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Columbiaville is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Columbiaville who work in sales jobs (12.09%), management occupations (8.85%), and healthcare suport services (7.96%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Columbiaville is worth considering.

One downside of living in Columbiaville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Columbiaville, the average commute to work is 32.56 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small village, Columbiaville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Columbiaville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.77% of adults in Columbiaville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Columbiaville in 2018 was $31,601, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,404 for a family of four. However, Columbiaville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Long commutes can be brutal. They take time, money, and energy, leaving less of you for yourself and your family. The residents of the neighborhood unfortunately have the distinction of having, on average, a longer commute than most any neighborhood in America. 14.1% of commuters here travel more than one hour just one-way to work. That is more than two hours per day. This percentage with two-hour + round-trip commutes is higher than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.3% of all neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Romanian and Eastern European ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Romanian ancestry and 2.9% have Eastern European ancestry.

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 Columbiaville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 66.9% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 15.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 38.1% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.3%), and 15.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.9%).

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 Columbiaville, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.5%), and residents who report English roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans. However, there is also a significant group of residents (14.1%) who commute over an hour in each direction.

Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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