City safety & data profile

FlintMI

Flint, MI is a 98K-resident city in Genesee County with a median household income of $37,646.

Genesee County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Flint, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Flint has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $53,500, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

98K
Population (place)
Top 8%
By size
$37,646
Median income (place)
$53,500
Median home (place)
34.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Flint

Flint posts a median household income higher than 1% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Flint area.

Bottom 2%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Flint

Where Flint income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$37,646 Bottom 1% higher than 1% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Flint $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MI

Population among 105 MI places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Detroit is the largest MI city on this list; Beverly Hills leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MI

Median household income among the same 105-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Beverly Hills posts the highest place-level median income in MI; Detroit is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Flint, MI beyond the headline numbers

Flint sits inside Genesee County, Michigan, at roughly 43.01°N, -83.69°W. Population 98,310, $37,646 median household income. Median home value $53,500, median rent $915. Poverty rate 34.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Flint, 2/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

34.1% of Flint, MI residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Flint runs about 1.4 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 8.5% of Flint workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 6.2% in Flint, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

3.4% of Flint workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Flint from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
98,310
Flint · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$37,646
-58% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$53,500
-87% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Genesee County): Flint's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
403K-4%
Median Income
$62,281+48%
Median Home Value
$182,400+99%
Poverty Rate
16.4%-22%
Unemployment
8.1%-50%

Economics

Economics indicators for Flint, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$915/mo
Poverty Rate
34.1% +175% vs avg
Unemployment 14.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 14.2%
Work From Home 8.5%
Public Transit 3.4%

Population

White 35.5%
African American 56.1%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
50.5%
Short Sleep Duration
47.8%
High Blood Pressure
46.5%
Physical Inactivity
39.6%
Current Smoking
25.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
23.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
20.3%
Diabetes
19.3%
Current Asthma
14.4%
Binge Drinking
12.2%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 50.5%
Annual Checkup 80.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
11.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
9.2%
Stroke
6.2%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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2
★
0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
2
HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER
FLINT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆
MCLAREN FLINT
FLINT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Flint?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Flint right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-FLINT · Flint

Flint: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Flint

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Flint.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Flint; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Michigan state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Flint, MI? ▼
Flint, MI has a population of 98,310 people, located in Genesee County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Flint? ▼
The median household income in Flint, MI is $37,646 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 34.1%.
What is the median home value in Flint? ▼
The median home value in Flint, MI is $53,500. Median rent is $915/month.
What are the top health concerns in Flint? ▼
The top health indicators in Flint include Obesity (50.5%), Short Sleep Duration (47.8%), High Blood Pressure (46.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Flint? ▼
Flint has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Flint? ▼
The median age in Flint, MI is 36.9 years. 14.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Flint, both outside Michigan so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (34.1% here).

Meridian, MS 34.3% Clarkston, GA 34.4% Monroe, GA 33.8% Natchez, MS 33.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($37,646 here).

Opa-locka, FL $37,532 Storrs, CT $37,839 Warren, OH $37,887 Johnstown, PA $37,888

Compare Flint with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Burton, MI 29K Beecher, MI 10K Fenton, MI 11K Waterford, MI 76K Saginaw, MI 49K Owosso, MI 15K Wixom, MI 14K West Bloomfield Township, MI 65K
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Using Flint's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Flint area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Flint against Michigan peers on any ranking lens. Explore Michigan

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Genesee County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.