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Fort Gratiot, MI
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Fort Gratiot is a somewhat small township located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 11,460 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Fort Gratiot is the 104th largest community in Michigan.

It is a fairly quiet township because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fort Gratiot has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fort Gratiot has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Gratiot than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Gratiot may be for you.

As is often the case in a small township, Fort Gratiot doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

In terms of college education, Fort Gratiot is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.73% of adults 25 and older in the township have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Gratiot in 2018 was $39,037, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $156,148 for a family of four. However, Fort Gratiot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fort Gratiot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Gratiot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Gratiot include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian.

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


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