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%). It is a fairly quiet city 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 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 has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Midland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Midland may be for you. Midland is a very car-oriented city: 100.00% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Midland is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town. 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.
