Roscommon is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 985 people and six associated neighborhoods, Roscommon is the 479th largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Roscommon is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.29% of the Roscommon workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Roscommon is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Roscommon who work in sales jobs (11.20%), office and administrative support (10.36%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (10.36%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Roscommon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Roscommon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Roscommon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Roscommon may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Roscommon spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.68 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be.The citizens of Roscommon have a very low rate of college education: just 8.11% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Roscommon in 2022 was $24,526, which is low income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $98,104 for a family of four. However, Roscommon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Roscommon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roscommon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Roscommon include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Roscommon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
