Romulus is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 24,652 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Romulus is the 56th largest community in Michigan.Romulus is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Romulus is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Romulus who work in office and administrative support (10.82%), sales jobs (8.95%), and management occupations (8.84%). Also of interest is that Romulus has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Romulus telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.39% 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. Being a small city, Romulus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Romulus rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.22% of adults 25 and older in Romulus have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Romulus in 2022 was $31,079, 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 $124,316 for a family of four. However, Romulus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Romulus is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Romulus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Romulus residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Romulus include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Romulus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
