Lake City is a tiny city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 839 people and three associated neighborhoods, Lake City is the 511th largest community in Michigan.
It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Lake City 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. Lake City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lake City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lake City may be for you.
As is often the case in a small city, Lake City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Lake City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.24% of adults in Lake City have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lake City in 2022 was $28,911, 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 $115,644 for a family of four. However, Lake City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lake City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake City include German, Dutch, Polish, English, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Lake City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.