Swartz Creek is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 5,840 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Swartz Creek is the 171st largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Swartz Creek is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Swartz Creek is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Swartz Creek who work in healthcare (11.53%), office and administrative support (11.31%), and management occupations (9.07%). Of important note, Swartz Creek is also a city of artists. Swartz Creek has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Swartz Creek’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.12% 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 education level of Swartz Creek citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.46% of adults in Swartz Creek have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Swartz Creek in 2022 was $44,680, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $178,720 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, Dutch, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Swartz Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
