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Ottawa Lake, MI

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Overview


Ottawa Lake is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,625 people and just one neighborhood, Ottawa Lake is the 206th largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Ottawa Lake isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ottawa Lake are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ottawa Lake is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ottawa Lake who work in management occupations (12.35%), office and administrative support (9.85%), and sales jobs (7.84%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Ottawa Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.02% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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

Because of many things, Ottawa Lake is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Ottawa Lake a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Ottawa Lake has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Ottawa Lake’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

As is often the case in a small town, Ottawa Lake doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Ottawa Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.33% of adults in Ottawa Lake have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ottawa Lake in 2018 was $47,544, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $190,176 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Ottawa Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Greek.

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.

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, 14.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 0.8% have Belgian 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 Ottawa Lake are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 66.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 1.7% 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 76.3% 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, 37.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.9%).

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 Ottawa Lake, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.5%), and residents who report Polish roots (14.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.9%), along with some French ancestry residents (4.8%), 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 (43.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.6%) 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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