Fort Gratiot is a medium-sized township located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 11,407 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fort Gratiot is the 104th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some townships, Fort Gratiot isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fort Gratiot are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Gratiot is a township of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Gratiot who work in office and administrative support (11.50%), management occupations (9.74%), and sales jobs (9.24%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.41% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. The township 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, Fort Gratiot has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fort Gratiot a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.In terms of college education, Fort Gratiot is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.58% of adults in Fort Gratiot have a college degree. The per capita income in Fort Gratiot in 2022 was $40,609, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,436 for a family of four. However, Fort Gratiot contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Fort Gratiot home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Gratiot residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fort Gratiot include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Fort Gratiot is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
