Maybee is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 537 people and just one neighborhood, Maybee is the 554th largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in Maybee was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
Maybee real estate is some of the most expensive in Michigan, although Maybee house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some villages, Maybee isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Maybee are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Maybee is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Maybee who work in sales jobs (15.22%), office and administrative support (14.63%), and healthcare suport services (11.64%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.50% 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.
Overall, Maybee’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
Being a small village, Maybee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Maybee who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.14% of the adults in Maybee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Maybee in 2022 was $35,134, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,536 for a family of four. However, Maybee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Maybee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Maybee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Maybee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Maybee include German, English, French, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Maybee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and African languages.
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Did you know that the neighborhood has more Belgian and Hungarian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Belgian ancestry and 1.8% have Hungarian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Maybee are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.9% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.1%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.5% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Maybee, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (28.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (9.5%), along with some French ancestry residents (6.3%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.