Buchanan is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,228 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buchanan is the 215th largest community in Michigan.Buchanan is a blue-collar town, with 39.56% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Buchanan is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buchanan who work in sales jobs (14.39%), office and administrative support (8.97%), and food service (7.33%). Buchanan 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.The percentage of adults in Buchanan who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.94% of the adults in Buchanan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Buchanan in 2022 was $30,213, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,852 for a family of four. However, Buchanan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Buchanan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buchanan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buchanan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buchanan include German, Irish, English, Scandinavian, and European. The most common language spoken in Buchanan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Indo-European and Italian.