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Swartz Creek, MI
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Swartz Creek profile


Living in Swartz Creek



Swartz Creek is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,919 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Swartz Creek is the 171st largest community in Michigan.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Being a small city, Swartz Creek does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Swartz Creek who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.81% of the adults in Swartz Creek have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Swartz Creek in 2018 was $31,665, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,660 for a family of four. However, Swartz Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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