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Sanford, MI
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Sanford profile


Living in Sanford



Sanford is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 760 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Sanford is the 515th largest community in Michigan.

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.30% 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.

The citizens of Sanford are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.94% of adults in Sanford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sanford in 2018 was $36,959, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $147,836 for a family of four. However, Sanford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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


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