Springport is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 819 people and just one neighborhood, Springport is the 522nd largest community in Michigan. Springport has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Springport is a blue-collar town, with 57.14% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Springport is a village of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Springport who work in office and administrative support (8.50%), management occupations (6.80%), and healthcare suport services (6.46%).
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Springport has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Springport a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Springport is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Springport has a very low overall level of education: only 9.51% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Springport in 2022 was $22,861, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,444 for a family of four. However, Springport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Springport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Springport residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Springport include English, German, Irish, Norwegian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Springport is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more English and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 26.2% of this neighborhood's residents have English ancestry and 2.5% have Hungarian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Springport are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.2% 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, 47.9% 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 23.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
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 99.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
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 Springport, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (26.2%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.3%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (2.8%), 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 (37.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.0%) 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 (5.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.