Davison is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 5,059 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Davison is the 191st largest community in Michigan.Davison is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Davison is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davison who work in management occupations (11.50%), sales jobs (9.64%), and food service (8.38%). Also of interest is that Davison has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.64% 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. The citizens of Davison are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 24.10% of adults in Davison having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Davison in 2022 was $31,622, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,488 for a family of four. However, Davison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Davison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Davison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Davison include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Davison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
