Allen Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 27,528 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Allen Park is the 48th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Allen Park is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Allen Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Allen Park who work in office and administrative support (12.93%), management occupations (8.99%), and healthcare (8.33%). Also of interest is that Allen Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Allen Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.86% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. Being a small city, Allen Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Allen Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.87% of adults in Allen Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Allen Park in 2022 was $42,213, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,852 for a family of four. However, Allen Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Allen Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Allen Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allen Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Allen Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Allen Park include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Allen Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
