Being a small city, Buchanan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Buchanan is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.94% of adults 25 and older in Buchanan have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Buchanan in 2022 was $30,213, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $120,852 for a family of four. However, Buchanan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Buchanan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Buchanan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buchanan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buchanan include German, Irish, English, Scandinavian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Buchanan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Indo-European and Italian.
