Lake Ann is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 249 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Ann is the 629th largest community in Michigan.
Lake Ann real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Lake Ann house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Lake Ann is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Ann is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Ann who work in sales jobs (21.25%), healthcare (18.13%), and office and administrative support (11.25%).
Also of interest is that Lake Ann has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Another notable thing is that Lake Ann is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the village’s population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.
Because of many things, Lake Ann is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lake Ann a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The village’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lake Ann has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lake Ann’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
As is often the case in a small village, Lake Ann doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of Lake Ann are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.90% of adults in Lake Ann have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lake Ann in 2022 was $47,753, which is wealthy relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $191,012 for a family of four. However, Lake Ann contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lake Ann home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Ann residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Ann include Italian, English, German, Polish, and African.
The most common language spoken in Lake Ann is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and African languages.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Ukrainian and Polish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Ukrainian ancestry and 10.2% have Polish 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 Lake Ann are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.4% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.7% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 38.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.4%), and 18.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.2% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Lake Ann, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (18.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.8%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (10.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (5.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (13.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.