City safety & data profile

MidlandMI

Midland, MI is a 42K-resident city in Midland County with a median household income of $73,325.

Midland County, Michigan. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Midland, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Midland has a population larger than 75% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $203,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

42K
Population (place)
Top 25%
By size
$73,325
Median income (place)
$203,900
Median home (place)
10.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Midland

Midland posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Midland area.

Bottom 42%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Midland

Where Midland income ranks nationally

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

$73,325 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Midland $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 Midland, MI beyond the headline numbers

Midland sits inside Midland County, Michigan, at roughly 43.62°N, -84.25°W. Population 42,200, $73,325 median household income. Median home value $203,900, median rent $1,048. Poverty rate 10.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Midland, 4/5 avg rating, 0 with an ER.

At 10.3%, poverty in Midland, MI runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Midland runs about 2.8 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

12.6% of Midland workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.3% in Midland, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Midland 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)
42,200
Midland · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$73,325
-18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$203,900
-51% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Midland County): Midland'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
84K-0%
Median Income
$77,705+46%
Median Home Value
$195,400+52%
Poverty Rate
10.7%-20%
Unemployment
4.4%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Midland, MI
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,048/mo
Poverty Rate
10.3% -17% vs avg
Unemployment 4.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 44.6%
Work From Home 12.6%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 88.1%
African American 2%
Asian 3.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
33.7%
Obesity
30.8%
Short Sleep Duration
30.3%
Physical Inactivity
20.6%
Binge Drinking
17%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.8%
Current Smoking
12.2%
Current Asthma
11%
Diabetes
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 71.7%
Annual Checkup 79.9%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
6.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.6%
Stroke
3.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
0
MYMICHIGAN MEDICAL CENTER MIDLAND
MIDLAND · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Midland?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MI-MIDLAND-MI · Midland

Midland: 316 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 316 on record
  • MIX-LED 98% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Midland

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 316 tagged notices on record for Midland.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ280)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Midland; 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 (316 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Midland, MI? ▼
Midland, MI has a population of 42,200 people, located in Midland County, Michigan.
What is the median household income in Midland? ▼
The median household income in Midland, MI is $73,325 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.3%.
What is the median home value in Midland? ▼
The median home value in Midland, MI is $203,900. Median rent is $1,048/month.
What are the top health concerns in Midland? ▼
The top health indicators in Midland include High Blood Pressure (33.7%), Obesity (30.8%), Short Sleep Duration (30.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Midland? ▼
Midland has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Midland? ▼
The median age in Midland, MI is 39.3 years. 44.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MI (10.3% here).

Mesa, AZ 10.3% Doral, FL 10.3% Pico Rivera, CA 10.3% Carson City, NV 10.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MI ($73,325 here).

McKinleyville, CA $73,327 Vandalia, OH $73,275 Saint Paul, MN $73,394 Lansdowne, PA $73,232

Compare Midland with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Saginaw Township North, MI 25K Saginaw, MI 49K Bay City, MI 34K Mount Pleasant, MI 26K Owosso, MI 15K Beecher, MI 10K Flint, MI 98K Burton, MI 29K
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Using Midland'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 Midland 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 Midland 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 (Midland 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.