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Lake Ann, MI

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Overview


Lake Ann is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 249 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Ann is the 629th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Lake Ann is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 85.71% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Ann is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Ann who work in sales jobs (21.01%), office and administrative support (15.97%), and management occupations (12.61%).

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

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Lake Ann is a major vacation destination. Much of the village’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Lake Ann’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

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, Lake Ann is worth considering.

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

Demographics

The education level of Lake Ann citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.78% of adults in Lake Ann have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lake Ann in 2018 was $36,073, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,292 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Lake Ann is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages 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 Lake Ann, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 13.1% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Michigan. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Polish and Ukrainian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 2.9% have Ukrainian ancestry.

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 Lake Ann are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 68.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.1% of America'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, 39.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional 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 24.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.7%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% 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 Lake Ann, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.5%). There are also a number of people of Polish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report English roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.7%), 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 (54.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (80.4%) 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 (12.2%) . 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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