Because of many things, Metamora 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, Metamora really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Metamora 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.
One downside of living in Metamora, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.31 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small village, Metamora does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Metamora is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.21% of adults in Metamora have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Metamora in 2022 was $34,642, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,568 for a family of four. However, Metamora contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Metamora is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Metamora home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Metamora residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Metamora include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Metamora is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
