Ashley is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 505 people and just one neighborhood, Ashley is the 568th largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some villages, Ashley isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ashley are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ashley is a village of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashley who work in office and administrative support (13.55%), healthcare suport services (11.68%), and healthcare (9.35%).
Residents will find that the village is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Ashley is worth considering.
One downside of living in Ashley is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ashley, the average commute to work is 33.25 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small village, Ashley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Ashley rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.54% of adults 25 and older in Ashley have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Ashley in 2022 was $27,866, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $111,464 for a family of four. However, Ashley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Ashley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ashley include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Ashley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 24 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 93.8% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Czechoslovakian and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Czechoslovakian ancestry and 1.7% have Slovak ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ashley are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 64.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 64.4% 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, 31.5% 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 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 15.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households.
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 Ashley, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.1%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (9.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.4%), 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 (30.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.8%) 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 (11.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.