Hillman is a tiny village located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 654 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hillman is the 543rd largest community in Michigan.Hillman is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Hillman is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hillman who work in office and administrative support (15.67%), healthcare suport services (13.81%), and healthcare (11.94%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.57% 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. Hillman’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. It is a fairly quiet village 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!) Hillman 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. Hillman has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hillman than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hillman may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Hillman spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.59 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the village are less than they would otherwise be. Hillman is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.In Hillman, just 11.46% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Hillman in 2022 was $23,345, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,380 for a family of four. However, Hillman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hillman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hillman residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hillman include German, Polish, English, Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Hillman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
