Emmett is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 236 people and just one neighborhood, Emmett is the 636th largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Emmett was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Unlike some villages, Emmett isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Emmett are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Emmett is a village of professionals, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Emmett who work in healthcare (25.38%), office and administrative support (8.46%), and management occupations (7.69%).
Of important note, Emmett is also a village of artists. Emmett has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Emmett’s character.
Emmett’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
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, Emmett has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Emmett a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Emmett, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Emmett 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 citizens of Emmett have a very low rate of college education: just 7.07% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Emmett in 2022 was $38,206, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $152,824 for a family of four.
The people who call Emmett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Emmett residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Emmett include German, Polish, Italian, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Emmett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Emmett, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
American households most often have a car, and regularly they have two or three. But households in the neighborhood buck this trend. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 50.6% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.7% of the neighborhoods in the nation.
Real estate in the neighborhood is almost exclusively owner-occupied. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher rate of owner-occupied housing than is found in 98.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. If you are seeking to rent, this neighborhood may not have many options, but high rates of ownership often indicate stability in a neighborhood.
In addition, one of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 14.8% have Polish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Emmett are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.0% of the neighborhoods in America. With 21.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 70.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 38.7% 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 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.5%), and 11.3% 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 98.2% 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 Emmett, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (21.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (7.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.2%), 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 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (45.5% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.
Here most residents (88.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.