Many people in Flint take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Flint citizens for affordable transportation.
The percentage of people in Flint with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.28% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Flint in 2018 was $20,559, which is low income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $82,236 for a family of four. However, Flint contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Flint also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 33.31% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Flint is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Flint home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Flint residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Flint include German, Irish, English, Polish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Flint is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
