Southfield is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 75,431 people and 23 associated neighborhoods, Southfield is the 16th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Southfield is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southfield is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Southfield who work in office and administrative support (13.21%), management occupations (9.37%), and sales jobs (8.71%). Also of interest is that Southfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.09% 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. The citizens of Southfield are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.92% of adults in Southfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Southfield in 2022 was $37,722, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,888 for a family of four. However, Southfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Southfield is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Southfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Southfield residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Southfield include German, Polish, English, Irish, and African. The most common language spoken in Southfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
