Rives Junction is a somewhat small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 5,205 people and just one neighborhood, Rives Junction is the 189th largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some towns, Rives Junction isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Rives Junction are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Rives Junction is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rives Junction who work in office and administrative support (15.49%), management occupations (12.19%), and sales jobs (7.83%).
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.37% 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.
Residents will find that the town 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, Rives Junction is worth considering.
As is often the case in a small town, Rives Junction doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Rives Junction citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.14% of adults 25 and older in Rives Junction have a college degree.
The per capita income in Rives Junction in 2022 was $36,212, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,848 for a family of four. However, Rives Junction contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Rives Junction is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Rives Junction home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rives Junction residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Rives Junction include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Rives Junction is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Significantly, 9.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Rives Junction are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 58.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.2% 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, 31.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (22.1%), and 16.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
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 96.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Rives Junction, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (21.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.3%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.5%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (6.2%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (5.3%), among others.
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 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (82.9%) 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 (9.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.