Stanton is a very small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,372 people and two associated neighborhoods, Stanton is the 428th largest community in Michigan.When you are in Stanton, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.44% of Stanton’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Stanton is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stanton who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), sales jobs (10.44%), and management occupations (9.71%). Of important note, Stanton is also a city of artists. Stanton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Stanton’s character. It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Stanton 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. Stanton has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stanton than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stanton may be for you.The population of Stanton has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.96% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Stanton in 2022 was $21,093, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $84,372 for a family of four. Stanton also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.90% of its population below the federal poverty line. The people who call Stanton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stanton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stanton include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Stanton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.