Allen Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 28,040 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Allen Park is the 48th largest community in Michigan.Unlike some cities, Allen Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Allen Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Allen Park is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Allen Park who work in office and administrative support (12.19%), management occupations (9.81%), and healthcare (8.96%). Also of interest is that Allen Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.12% 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. Allen Park 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 percentage of people in Allen Park who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.02% of adults in Allen Park have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Allen Park in 2022 was $39,032, which is upper middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,128 for a family of four. However, Allen Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Allen Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Allen Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Allen Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Allen Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Allen Park include Polish, German, Irish, Italian, and English. The most common language spoken in Allen Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
