Buchanan is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,169 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buchanan is the 215th largest community in Michigan.Buchanan is a blue-collar town, with 41.54% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Buchanan is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buchanan who work in sales jobs (16.06%), food service (10.54%), and management occupations (6.24%). Being a small city, Buchanan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Buchanan are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.14% of adults in Buchanan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Buchanan in 2022 was $28,399, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,596 for a family of four. However, Buchanan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Buchanan is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buchanan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buchanan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buchanan include German, English, Irish, Scandinavian, and European. The most common language spoken in Buchanan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Indo-European and Italian.
