Walled Lake is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 7,297 people and two associated neighborhoods, Walled Lake is the 155th largest community in Michigan.
Also of interest is that Walled Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Walled Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.46% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Walled Lake is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Walled Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.88% of adults in Walled Lake have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Walled Lake in 2022 was $41,617, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,468 for a family of four. However, Walled Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Walled Lake is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Walled Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Walled Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Walled Lake include German, Irish, Polish, English, and Italian.
Walled Lake also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.77%.
The most common language spoken in Walled Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Vietnamese.