Mancelona is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,379 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mancelona is the 429th largest community in Michigan.Mancelona is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Mancelona is a village of service providers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Mancelona who work in healthcare suport services (17.42%), maintenance occupations (11.80%), and healthcare (9.19%). The overall crime rate in Mancelona is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. Being a small village, Mancelona does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Mancelona have a very low rate of college education: just 6.35% 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 Mancelona in 2022 was $26,999, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,996 for a family of four. However, Mancelona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mancelona is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Mancelona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mancelona residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mancelona include English, German, Irish, Dutch, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Mancelona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.
