Prudenville is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,643 people and two associated neighborhoods, Prudenville is the 393rd largest community in Michigan.Prudenville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.64% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Prudenville is a town of service providers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Prudenville who work in food service (21.12%), healthcare suport services (13.37%), and management occupations (13.20%). A relatively large number of people in Prudenville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.95% 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. Another notable thing is that Prudenville is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town. It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Prudenville 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. Prudenville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Prudenville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Prudenville may be for you. One of the benefits of Prudenville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.08 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small town, Prudenville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Prudenville who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.94% of the adults in Prudenville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Prudenville in 2022 was $30,980, 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 $123,920 for a family of four. However, Prudenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Prudenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prudenville residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Prudenville include Irish, German, English, Polish, and European. The most common language spoken in Prudenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
