Michigan Center is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 4,609 people and two associated neighborhoods, Michigan Center is the 205th largest community in Michigan.Michigan Center is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Michigan Center is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Michigan Center who work in teaching (12.68%), office and administrative support (8.47%), and healthcare (8.16%). A relatively large number of people in Michigan Center telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.75% 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 town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Michigan Center has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Michigan Center a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Michigan Center is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Michigan Center citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.24% of adults 25 and older in Michigan Center have a college degree. The per capita income in Michigan Center in 2022 was $40,255, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $161,020 for a family of four. However, Michigan Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Michigan Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Michigan Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Michigan Center include English, Irish, German, French, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Michigan Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
