Clare is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,293 people and two associated neighborhoods, Clare is the 263rd largest community in Michigan.Clare is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clare is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clare who work in teaching (13.47%), sales jobs (13.17%), and maintenance occupations (13.09%). A relatively large number of people in Clare telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.01% 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, Clare does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Clare citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.90% of adults in Clare have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Clare in 2022 was $28,379, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $113,516 for a family of four. However, Clare contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Clare home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clare residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Clare include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Canadian. The most common language spoken in Clare is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
