The city 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, Bad Axe has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bad Axe a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
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 17.23 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Bad Axe are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.38% of adults in Bad Axe have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Bad Axe in 2022 was $27,341, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,364 for a family of four. However, Bad Axe contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bad Axe is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bad Axe home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bad Axe residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bad Axe also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.94% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bad Axe include German, Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bad Axe is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
