Burr Oak is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 765 people and just one neighborhood, Burr Oak is the 525th largest community in Michigan. Burr Oak has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
When you are in Burr Oak, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 54.15% of Burr Oak’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Burr Oak is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Burr Oak who work in office and administrative support (9.27%), food service (8.29%), and sales jobs (6.10%).
As is often the case in a small village, Burr Oak doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Burr Oak ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.68% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Burr Oak in 2022 was $25,773, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,092 for a family of four. However, Burr Oak contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Burr Oak is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Burr Oak home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Burr Oak residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Burr Oak also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.78% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Burr Oak include European, German, English, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Burr Oak is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 44.9% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.1% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Greek ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Greek ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Burr Oak are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 47.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 44.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.6%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 88.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish, Spanish, Polish and Italian.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Burr Oak, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (9.5%), and residents who report English roots (6.9%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (5.8%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.