Morenci is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,237 people and just one neighborhood, Morenci is the 329th largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Morenci was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Morenci is a blue-collar town, with 43.73% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Morenci is a city of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Morenci who work in sales jobs (10.96%), office and administrative support (7.80%), and healthcare suport services (7.48%).
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Morenci is worth considering.
Morenci is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Morenci, just 8.35% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Morenci in 2022 was $25,695, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,780 for a family of four. However, Morenci contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Morenci home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Morenci residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Morenci include German, English, Irish, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Morenci is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.6% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Morenci are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 45.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (18.1%), and 13.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (2.3%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Morenci, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (16.2%), and residents who report Irish roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (3.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (2.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.1% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (86.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.