Midland City is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,305 people and two associated neighborhoods, Midland City is the 205th largest community in Alabama.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Midland City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.76% of the Midland City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Midland City is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Midland City who work in healthcare suport services (10.51%), management occupations (6.91%), and sales jobs (6.78%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Midland City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Midland City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Midland City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Midland City may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Midland City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Midland City, just 7.83% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Midland City in 2022 was $22,238, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,952 for a family of four. Midland City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 30.57% of its population below the federal poverty line.Midland City is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Midland City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midland City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Midland City include Irish, Scottish, English, German, and Eastern European. The most common language spoken in Midland City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
