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Mackinaw City, MI

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Overview


Mackinaw City is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 847 people and just one neighborhood, Mackinaw City is the 509th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some villages, Mackinaw City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mackinaw City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mackinaw City is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mackinaw City who work in food service (23.53%), office and administrative support (14.71%), and sales jobs (14.71%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.77% 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 Mackinaw City 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, Mackinaw City’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Mackinaw City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Mackinaw City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mackinaw City spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.26 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Mackinaw City is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.34% of adults in Mackinaw City have a college degree.

The per capita income in Mackinaw City in 2018 was $28,022, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $112,088 for a family of four. However, Mackinaw City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mackinaw City is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mackinaw City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mackinaw City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mackinaw City include German, Jamaican, French, Irish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Mackinaw City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.

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.

Real Estate

Vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 48.8% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 98.6% 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, unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 93.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 15.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 2.8% have Native American 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 Mackinaw City are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 63.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 3.0% 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 71.6% of America'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, 30.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 25.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (25.4%), and 17.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.9% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Mackinaw City, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.0%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report English roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (10.8%), 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 (38.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (84.4%) 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 (5.7%) . 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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