Hartland is a tiny town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 777 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hartland is the 521st largest community in Michigan. Hartland real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Hartland house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns, Hartland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hartland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hartland is a town of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartland who work in management occupations (13.86%), business and financial occupations (12.79%), and maintenance occupations (11.09%). A relatively large number of people in Hartland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. In addition, Hartland is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Because of many things, Hartland is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hartland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hartland perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly 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!) Hartland 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. Hartland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartland may be for you. One downside of living in Hartland, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.83 minutes every day commuting to work. Hartland 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.The education level of Hartland ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hartland, 44.98% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Hartland in 2022 was $47,784, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,136 for a family of four. The people who call Hartland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Hartland include English, European, Polish, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Hartland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Other Indo-European.
