Flint is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 80,628 people and 58 constituent neighborhoods, Flint is the 15th largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Flint is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Flint is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Flint who work in office and administrative support (10.64%), sales jobs (10.18%), and food service (7.77%).
A lot of people in Flint take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Flint, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.
The percentage of people in Flint with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.30% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Flint in 2018 was $17,638, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,552 for a family of four. Flint also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 37.28% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Flint is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flint home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flint residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Flint include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Flint is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.