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Deckerville - Carsonville, MI

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Overview


Deckerville - Carsonville is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,841 people and just one neighborhood, Deckerville - Carsonville is the 235th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Deckerville - Carsonville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.77% of the Deckerville - Carsonville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Deckerville - Carsonville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Deckerville - Carsonville who work in office and administrative support (14.80%), management occupations (8.84%), and sales jobs (5.74%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Deckerville - Carsonville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.81% of adults in Deckerville - Carsonville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Deckerville - Carsonville in 2018 was $27,451, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,804 for a family of four. However, Deckerville - Carsonville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.0% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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 35 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 91.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 8.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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 Deckerville - Carsonville are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 75.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 20.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 69.4% 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, 37.5% 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 24.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (19.1%), and 14.3% 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 97.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (8.0%).

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 Deckerville - Carsonville, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.5%), and residents who report English roots (10.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (7.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.3%), 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 (38.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (7.6%) . 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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