Attica is a tiny town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 962 people and two associated neighborhoods, Attica is the 481st largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Attica was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Attica is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Attica is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Attica who work in sales jobs (18.54%), food service (10.73%), and architecture and engineering (10.24%). Also of interest is that Attica 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 Attica telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.29% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Attica has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Attica has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Attica than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Attica may be for you. Being a small town, Attica does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Attica, just 12.21% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Attica in 2022 was $30,045, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $120,180 for a family of four. However, Attica contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Attica home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Attica residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Attica include English, German, French, Polish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Attica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
