Kalkaska is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 2,239 people and four associated neighborhoods, Kalkaska is the 336th largest community in Michigan.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kalkaska is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 36.06% of the Kalkaska workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kalkaska is a village of service providers, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kalkaska who work in sales jobs (11.19%), food service (8.18%), and office and administrative support (7.64%). 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!) Kalkaska 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. Kalkaska has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kalkaska than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kalkaska may be for you. Being a small village, Kalkaska does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Kalkaska is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.55% of adults 25 and older in Kalkaska have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kalkaska in 2022 was $24,229, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,916 for a family of four. However, Kalkaska contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kalkaska is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Kalkaska home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kalkaska residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Kalkaska include German, English, Irish, Polish, and French. The most common language spoken in Kalkaska is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
