It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Hillman 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. Hillman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hillman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hillman may be for you.
One of the benefits of Hillman is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.86 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small village, Hillman does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Hillman is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.24% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hillman in 2022 was $23,658, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,632 for a family of four. However, Hillman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hillman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillman residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hillman include German, Polish, English, Irish, and European.
The most common language spoken in Hillman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
