Essexville is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,302 people and three associated neighborhoods, Essexville is the 254th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Essexville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Essexville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Essexville who work in food service (10.99%), office and administrative support (9.84%), and sales jobs (9.78%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.51% 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. One of the benefits of Essexville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.09 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small city, Essexville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Essexville are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.59% of adults in Essexville having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Essexville in 2022 was $32,715, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,860 for a family of four. However, Essexville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Essexville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Essexville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Essexville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Essexville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.85% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Essexville include German, Irish, English, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Essexville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
