Climax is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 732 people and just one neighborhood, Climax is the 529th largest community in Michigan.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Climax is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.31% of the Climax workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Climax is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Climax who work in office and administrative support (12.59%), management occupations (9.09%), and teaching (8.39%).
Climax is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Climax are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.03% of adults in Climax having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Climax in 2022 was $29,242, 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 $116,968 for a family of four. However, Climax contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Climax home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Climax residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Climax include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Climax is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and German/Yiddish.
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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, 5.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch 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 Climax are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 60.9% of America's neighborhoods.
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In the neighborhood, 36.6% 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 34.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 11.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.7% 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 Climax, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (5.8%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.7%), 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 (47.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.8%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.