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Kinde, MI

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Overview


Kinde is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 441 people and just one neighborhood, Kinde is the 583rd largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Kinde is a blue-collar town, with 48.39% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Kinde is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kinde who work in sales jobs (12.26%), healthcare suport services (6.45%), and office and administrative support (5.81%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Kinde’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Kinde 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. Kinde has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kinde than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kinde may be for you.

Kinde 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 population of Kinde has a very low overall level of education: only 6.02% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Kinde in 2018 was $24,431, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,724 for a family of four.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Kinde, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 22 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.3% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.

In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 42.6%, which is higher than 97.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

People

If you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Kinde is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in MI, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 88.5% of the neighborhoods in Michigan. If you are considering retiring to Michigan, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 36.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 0.6% have Belgian 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 Kinde are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 12.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 32.0% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.6%), and 16.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households.

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 Kinde, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (36.7%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (27.0%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.5%), 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 (52.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (83.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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