Dowling is a tiny town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 351 people and just one neighborhood, Dowling is the 606th largest community in Michigan.
When you are in Dowling, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 40.69% of Dowling’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Dowling is a town of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dowling who work in sales jobs (18.62%), personal care services (9.66%), and management occupations (9.66%).
Dowling’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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!) Dowling 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. Dowling has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Dowling than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Dowling may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Dowling doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Dowling with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.74% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Dowling in 2022 was $29,791, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,164 for a family of four. However, Dowling contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Dowling is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Dowling home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dowling residents report their race to be White. Dowling also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dowling include German, Irish, Scottish, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Dowling is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Dowling, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Dowling are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 45.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 67.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 29.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.0%), and 8.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.1% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Dowling, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (26.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (13.8%), and residents who report Dutch roots (7.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (6.8%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.
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 (46.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.2%) 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 (13.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.