White Pigeon is a very small village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,725 people and just one neighborhood, White Pigeon is the 382nd largest community in Michigan. Much of the housing stock in White Pigeon was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.
White Pigeon is a blue-collar town, with 53.71% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, White Pigeon is a village of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in White Pigeon who work in office and administrative support (10.23%), sales jobs (8.82%), and management occupations (8.70%).
The village is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, White Pigeon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes White Pigeon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small village, White Pigeon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In White Pigeon, just 9.27% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in White Pigeon in 2022 was $30,292, which is middle income relative to Michigan, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,168 for a family of four. However, White Pigeon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call White Pigeon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of White Pigeon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in White Pigeon include German, European, English, Irish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in White Pigeon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Croatian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Croatian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 White Pigeon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% 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, 41.8% 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 22.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.5%), and 11.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Spanish and German/Yiddish.
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 White Pigeon, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.4%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.7%), and some of the residents are also of Mexican ancestry (4.3%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (3.7%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (47.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (79.8%) 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 (12.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.