Michigan Center is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,609 people and two associated neighborhoods, Michigan Center is the 205th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Michigan Center is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Michigan Center is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Michigan Center who work in office and administrative support (15.21%), teaching (10.52%), and management occupations (8.02%). Also of interest is that Michigan Center has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.16% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Michigan Center has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Michigan Center a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Being a small town, Michigan Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of adults in Michigan Center who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.61% of the adults in Michigan Center have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Michigan Center in 2022 was $36,373, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $145,492 for a family of four. However, Michigan Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Michigan Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Michigan Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Michigan Center include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Michigan Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
