It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Bad Axe 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. Bad Axe has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bad Axe than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bad Axe may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.23 minutes getting to work every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Bad Axe rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.38% of adults 25 and older in Bad Axe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Bad Axe in 2022 was $27,341, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,364 for a family of four. However, Bad Axe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bad Axe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bad Axe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bad Axe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bad Axe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bad Axe include German, Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bad Axe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
