Milan is a somewhat small city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 6,048 people and five associated neighborhoods, Milan is the 168th largest community in Michigan.Milan is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Milan is a city of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Milan who work in healthcare (10.03%), architecture and engineering (9.94%), and business and financial occupations (8.93%). Also of interest is that Milan has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 16.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Milan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Milan is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.14% of adults in Milan have a college degree. The per capita income in Milan in 2022 was $45,441, which is wealthy relative to Michigan, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $181,764 for a family of four. However, Milan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Milan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Milan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Milan residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Milan also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Milan include German, English, Irish, Polish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Milan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
