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Vanderbilt, MI

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Overview


Vanderbilt is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 525 people and just one neighborhood, Vanderbilt is the 572nd largest community in Michigan.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Vanderbilt is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.00% of the Vanderbilt workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Vanderbilt is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Vanderbilt who work in office and administrative support (15.90%), food service (10.46%), and healthcare suport services (9.62%).

A relatively large number of people in Vanderbilt telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.41% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Vanderbilt is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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

Residents of the village have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.04 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small village, Vanderbilt doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The population of Vanderbilt has a very low overall level of education: only 9.94% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Vanderbilt in 2022 was $29,345, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,380 for a family of four. However, Vanderbilt contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 96.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 10.1% have Polish ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 13.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Vanderbilt are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 15.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 60.9% 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, 35.9% 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 28.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 13.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

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 99.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Vanderbilt, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (16.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.9%), and residents who report English roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.1%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (51.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (82.1%) 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 (9.6%) . 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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