Alpena is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 10,142 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Alpena is the 115th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Alpena is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Alpena is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Alpena who work in office and administrative support (12.16%), management occupations (9.69%), and sales jobs (9.08%). Also of interest is that Alpena has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. 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!) Alpena 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. Alpena has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Alpena than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Alpena may be for you. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 12.85 minutes getting to work every day.In terms of college education, the citizens of Alpena rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.53% of adults 25 and older in Alpena have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Alpena in 2022 was $30,936, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $123,744 for a family of four. However, Alpena contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Alpena home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Alpena residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Alpena include German, Polish, Irish, English, and French. The most common language spoken in Alpena is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
