St. Joseph is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 7,768 people and seven associated neighborhoods, St. Joseph is the 141st largest community in Michigan.St. Joseph is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.26% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, St. Joseph is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Joseph who work in management occupations (15.10%), sales jobs (10.59%), and computer science and math (8.83%). Also of interest is that St. Joseph has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Of important note, St. Joseph is also a city of artists. St. Joseph has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape St. Joseph’s character. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.22% 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. One of the benefits of St. Joseph is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in St. Joseph. 51.34% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in St. Joseph in 2022 was $55,047, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,188 for a family of four. St. Joseph is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Joseph home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Joseph residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in St. Joseph include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in St. Joseph is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
