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Mackinac Island, MI

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Overview


Mackinac Island is a tiny city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 595 people and just one neighborhood, Mackinac Island is the 546th largest community in Michigan.

Mackinac Island real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Mackinac Island house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities, Mackinac Island isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mackinac Island are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mackinac Island is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mackinac Island who work in management occupations (21.01%), food service (19.03%), and community and social services (15.80%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.25% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Another notable thing is that Mackinac Island is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the city’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Mackinac Island. This is not typical for smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Mackinac Island.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mackinac Island spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 10.61 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

The education level of Mackinac Island citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.63% of adults in Mackinac Island have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Mackinac Island in 2018 was $46,343, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $185,372 for a family of four. However, Mackinac Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mackinac Island is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mackinac Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mackinac Island residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mackinac Island also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mackinac Island include English, Irish, German, Polish, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Mackinac Island's cultural character, accounting for 17.82% of the city’s population.

The most common language spoken in Mackinac Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.

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 Mackinac Island, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Modes of Transportation

Would you like to be able to ride your bike to work? If you are attracted to the idea of getting a little exercise of the two-wheeled type while reducing your carbon footprint, bicycling to work might be the answer. But which neighborhood you live in can make this either impossible, or alternatively, a great and realistic option. NeighborhoodScout's analysis revealed that the neighborhood is a fantastic option for bicycle commuters, as 22.4% of commuters here do ride their bikes to and from work on a daily basis. This is a higher amount than we found in 100.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Also, in the neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 10.8% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 95.3% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

Length of Commute

Whether walking, biking, riding, or driving, the length of one's commute is an important factor for one's quality of life. The neighborhood stands out for its commute length, according to NeighborhoodScout's analysis. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 72.1% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 98.8% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 46.1% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

In addition, 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 28 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.1% of America.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. 27.4% of the households in this neighborhood don't own a car at all. This is more carless households than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 1.9% have Finnish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 1.5% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.5% 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 Mackinac Island are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. With 26.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.9% 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, 39.9% 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 32.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.9%), and 8.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.5%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Mackinac Island, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (19.0%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (18.6%), and residents who report English roots (9.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (8.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.0%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (72.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (46.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also bicycle to get to work (22.4%) and 12.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. 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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