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Casnovia, MI

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Overview


Casnovia is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 320 people and just one neighborhood, Casnovia is the 620th largest community in Michigan. Casnovia has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Casnovia is a blue-collar town, with 38.10% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Casnovia is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Casnovia who work in sales jobs (16.67%), office and administrative support (8.57%), and food service (8.57%).

Also of interest is that Casnovia has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.62% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

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

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

Demographics

The education level of Casnovia citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.97% of adults 25 and older in Casnovia have a college degree.

The per capita income in Casnovia in 2018 was $37,089, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $148,356 for a family of four. However, Casnovia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Casnovia is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Casnovia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Casnovia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Casnovia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.71% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Casnovia include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Polish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

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, 6.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

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 Casnovia are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% 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 66.3% of America'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, 37.7% 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 31.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.5%), and 11.8% 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 94.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Casnovia, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (22.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report English roots (8.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (6.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (5.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.6% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (83.5%) 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 (10.7%) . 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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