Fort Gratiot is a medium-sized township located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 11,693 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fort Gratiot is the 104th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some townships, Fort Gratiot isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Gratiot are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Gratiot is a township of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gratiot who work in office and administrative support (11.50%), management occupations (9.74%), and sales jobs (9.24%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.41% 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. It is a fairly quiet township 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!) Fort Gratiot 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. Fort Gratiot has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Gratiot than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Gratiot may be for you.The education level of Fort Gratiot citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.58% of adults in Fort Gratiot have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Gratiot in 2022 was $40,609, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,436 for a family of four. However, Fort Gratiot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Fort Gratiot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Gratiot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Gratiot include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Fort Gratiot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
