One downside of living in Algonac is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Algonac, the average commute to work is 33.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
For a small city, Algonac has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride a ferryboat. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Algonac exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The citizens of Algonac are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.27% of adults in Algonac have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Algonac in 2018 was $28,758, 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 $115,032 for a family of four. However, Algonac contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Algonac home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Algonac residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Algonac include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Algonac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
