Roscommon is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 985 people and six associated neighborhoods, Roscommon is the 479th largest community in Michigan.When you are in Roscommon, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.29% of Roscommon’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Roscommon is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Roscommon who work in sales jobs (11.20%), office and administrative support (10.36%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (10.36%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.30% 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. The village 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, Roscommon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Roscommon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Roscommon spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.68 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.The citizens of Roscommon have a very low rate of college education: just 8.11% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Roscommon in 2022 was $24,526, which is low income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,104 for a family of four. However, Roscommon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Roscommon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roscommon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roscommon include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Roscommon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
