South Boardman is a tiny town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 509 people and just one neighborhood, South Boardman is the 566th largest community in Michigan.
Unlike some towns, South Boardman isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in South Boardman are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Boardman is a town of construction workers and builders, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in South Boardman who work in community and social services (12.89%), management occupations (11.33%), and office and administrative support (9.38%).
It is a fairly quiet town 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!) South Boardman 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. South Boardman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in South Boardman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, South Boardman may be for you.
One downside of living in South Boardman is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In South Boardman, the average commute to work is 38.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
South Boardman is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, South Boardman is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.70% of adults 25 and older in South Boardman have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in South Boardman in 2022 was $29,525, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,100 for a family of four. However, South Boardman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call South Boardman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Boardman residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in South Boardman include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in South Boardman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 39.6%, which is higher than 97.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, this neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 20 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 94.7% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 1.4% have Finnish 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 South Boardman are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 40.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.2% 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, 35.3% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 24.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.8%), and 16.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.1% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.6%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in South Boardman, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report English roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (5.1%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (4.4%), 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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (72.9%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.