Attica is a tiny town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 962 people and two associated neighborhoods, Attica is the 481st largest community in Michigan. Attica has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Attica is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Attica is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Attica who work in office and administrative support (17.06%), sales jobs (14.31%), and food service (7.84%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.24% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Attica has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Attica a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Attica, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.54 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Attica does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Attica are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.11% of adults in Attica have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Attica in 2022 was $49,173, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $196,692 for a family of four. However, Attica contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Attica home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Attica residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Attica include German, English, French, Polish, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Attica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
