Lyons - Muir is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 3,870 people and just one neighborhood, Lyons - Muir is the 234th largest community in Michigan.
When you are in Lyons - Muir, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 47.12% of Lyons - Muir’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Lyons - Muir is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lyons - Muir who work in office and administrative support (9.88%), management occupations (6.97%), and business and financial occupations (5.89%).
Lyons - Muir’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
One downside of living in Lyons - Muir, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.20 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Lyons - Muir does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Lyons - Muir with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lyons - Muir in 2022 was $29,962, which is middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $119,848 for a family of four. However, Lyons - Muir contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lyons - Muir home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lyons - Muir residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lyons - Muir include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Lyons - Muir is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Japanese.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Lyons - Muir, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research identifies the neighborhood as having one of the highest concentrations of people employed in manufacturing or as laborers of any neighborhood in America. In fact, despite the loss of manufacturing jobs nationally, this neighborhood has 45.2% of its working residents employed in such fields, which is a higher proportion than 97.3% of American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 34.3% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.2% 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 Lyons - Muir are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.1% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 64.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 45.2% 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 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.3%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.2% of households. Some people also speak Polish (6.2%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Lyons - Muir, MI, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (34.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report English roots (11.6%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (6.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.2%), 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 (32.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.1%) 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 (11.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.