Midland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 42,663 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Midland is the 36th largest community in Michigan. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Midland, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Midland, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Midland’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Midland does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is .When you are in Midland, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.10% of Midland’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Midland is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midland who work in sales jobs (51.90%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Midland has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Midland a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One notable thing about Midland is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Midland is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 100.00% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise. The city of Midland is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.The population of Midland has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The people who call Midland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Midland include German, English, French, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Midland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
