Vicksburg is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,860 people and two associated neighborhoods, Vicksburg is the 245th largest community in Michigan. Vicksburg has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Vicksburg, where the median household income is $65,440.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vicksburg is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.58% of the Vicksburg workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vicksburg is a village of professionals, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vicksburg who work in office and administrative support (7.42%), computer science and math (6.76%), and sales jobs (6.37%). Also of interest is that Vicksburg has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Vicksburg is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In terms of college education, Vicksburg is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.14% of adults 25 and older in Vicksburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Vicksburg in 2022 was $33,329, 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 $133,316 for a family of four. However, Vicksburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Vicksburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vicksburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vicksburg include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Vicksburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
