Republic - Michigamme is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,144 people and just one neighborhood, Republic - Michigamme is the 338th largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Republic - Michigamme is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Republic - Michigamme is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Republic - Michigamme who work in office and administrative support (17.15%), healthcare (7.81%), and healthcare suport services (6.89%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.24% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Another notable thing is that Republic - Michigamme is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter 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!) Republic - Michigamme 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. Republic - Michigamme has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Republic - Michigamme than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Republic - Michigamme may be for you.
One downside of living in Republic - Michigamme, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
Republic - Michigamme is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Republic - Michigamme is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.67% of adults 25 and older in Republic - Michigamme have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Republic - Michigamme in 2022 was $35,564, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,256 for a family of four. However, Republic - Michigamme contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Republic - Michigamme home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Republic - Michigamme residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Republic - Michigamme include Finnish, German, English, French, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Republic - Michigamme is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian 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 Republic - Michigamme, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 5 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 98.3% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 50.8%, which is higher than 98.9% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.1% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 12.6% have French ancestry.
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 Republic - Michigamme are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 74.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.6% of America'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, 28.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (24.0%), and 16.2% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 97.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Republic - Michigamme, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Finnish (23.3%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (20.7%), and residents who report English roots (17.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (12.6%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (11.4%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (35.4% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (74.7%) 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 (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.