Grass Lake is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,105 people and two associated neighborhoods, Grass Lake is the 461st largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Grass Lake was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Grass Lake is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Grass Lake is a village of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Grass Lake who work in management occupations (16.49%), office and administrative support (14.07%), and sales jobs (7.72%). Also of interest is that Grass Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Grass Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.41% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 overall crime rate in Grass Lake is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. Being a small village, Grass Lake does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Grass Lake is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.81% of adults 25 and older in the village have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Grass Lake in 2022 was $34,451, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,804 for a family of four. However, Grass Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Grass Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grass Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Grass Lake include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Grass Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
