Berrien Springs is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,809 people and two associated neighborhoods, Berrien Springs is the 362nd largest community in Michigan. Berrien Springs has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Berrien Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Berrien Springs is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Berrien Springs who work in office and administrative support (11.09%), teaching (10.46%), and healthcare (10.36%). Also of interest is that Berrien Springs 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: 9.81% 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. Being a small village, Berrien Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Berrien Springs are among the most well-educated in the nation: 48.61% of adults in Berrien Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Berrien Springs in 2022 was $35,941, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,764 for a family of four. However, Berrien Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Berrien Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Berrien Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Berrien Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Berrien Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.57% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Berrien Springs include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Berrien Springs's cultural character, accounting for 22.26% of the village’s population. The most common language spoken in Berrien Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
