The overall crime rate in Hillman is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Hillman 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. Hillman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hillman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hillman may be for you.
Hillman is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Hillman with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.87% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hillman in 2022 was $21,878, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,512 for a family of four. However, Hillman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Hillman also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.97% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Hillman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillman residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hillman include German, English, Polish, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Hillman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
