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Conklin, MI

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Overview


Conklin is a somewhat small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 5,436 people and just one neighborhood, Conklin is the 185th largest community in Michigan.

Conklin real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Conklin house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Conklin is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Conklin is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Conklin who work in office and administrative support (14.86%), management occupations (12.06%), and sales jobs (9.00%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Conklin is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Conklin really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Conklin perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Conklin 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. Conklin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Conklin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Conklin may be for you.

Conklin is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Conklin citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.99% of adults in Conklin have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Conklin in 2022 was $35,685, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,740 for a family of four. However, Conklin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Conklin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Conklin residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Conklin include German, Dutch, Irish, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Conklin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Conklin are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 32.7% 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 29.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 17.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.3% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.8%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Conklin, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (27.8%). There are also a number of people of Dutch ancestry (18.9%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.9%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (6.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.8%) 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 (9.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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