Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety57#6,723/15,637
Economy61#6,138/15,631
Housing39#9,193/14,977
Health82#2,821/15,609
Healthcare96#600/15,650
Environment28#11,151/15,453
Education78#3,432/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,072/15,650
Community85#2,377/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,262/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Milan, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Washtenaw County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Dentists · high209 /100k
100/100Michigan 82 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashtenaw County value
Primary care physicians · high185 /100k
100/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashtenaw County value
Mental health providers · high779 /100k
98/100Michigan 371 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWashtenaw County value
Voter turnout · high79.8%
95/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWashtenaw County value
Natural hazard risk · low4.2
93/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWashtenaw County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.3
91/100Michigan 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWashtenaw County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high263 min
2/100Michigan 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWashtenaw County value
Depression · high29.3%
6/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.1 µg/m³
10/100Michigan 8.6 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashtenaw County value
Effective property tax rate · high1.57%
19/100Michigan 1.19%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Days with unhealthy air · high2.2%
19/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyWashtenaw County value
Job growth · low-1.4%
20/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWashtenaw County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.2% (2015-2019) → 56.6% (2020-2024)
+29 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
4.7 /1k (2021) → 1.8 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−61%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.8% (2015-2019) → 36.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
3.0% (2015-2019) → 12.3% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
28.5% (2015-2019) → 37.3% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$71,402 (2015-2019) → $96,949 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Milan, Michigan improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Bachelor's++8.8 points28.5% → 37.3%
Household income+36%$71,402 → $96,949

Declined2

Rent burden+29 points27.2% → 56.6%
Poverty+5.6 points4.8% → 10.4%

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Milan, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.1 min2015-2019	29.0 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%2015-2019	37.3%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Improved	86%
Broadband subscriptions	89.5%2015-2019	88.3%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	1.80%2015-2019	1.57%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	64%
High school diploma or higher	95.5%2015-2019	93.4%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	70%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3602015-2019	0.3892020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	27%
Median household income	$71,4022015-2019	$96,9492020-2024	+36%	Improved	67%
Poverty rate	4.8%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Declined	11%
Rent as share of income	25.8%2015-2019	36.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Rent-burdened households	27.2%2015-2019	56.6%2020-2024	+29 points	Declined	3%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	1.9%2015-2019	2.7%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Milan, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Milan, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Milan, Michigan itself moved −20.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

5,987 residents (±314)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 women (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,987 residents (±314)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

White86%5,153
Black1.8%†110
Hispanic or Latino5.5%†330
Asian0.2%†14
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races6.3%†380

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−5.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,276 residents (±304)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

No high school diploma6.6%†282
High school or GED20%860
Some college27%1,138
Associate degree9.4%†402
Bachelor's degree23%983
Graduate degree14%611

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−6.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,605 households (±181)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k14%†357
$25k–50k17%447
$50k–75k8.3%†215
$75k–100k13%†330
$100k–150k27%710
$150k–200k13%†334
$200k or more8.1%†212

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−13.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,605 households (±181)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Own68%1,781
Rent32%824

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−7.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

824 households (±210)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $75020%†164
$750–1,00013%†106
$1,000–1,50044%†362

Home values

1,781 homes (±178)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $150k9.2%†163
$150k–250k42%755
$250k–400k45%799

Age of homes

2,782 homes (±176)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

2010 or later4.6%†128
2000–200920%556
1980–199918%506

Size of homes

2,782 homes (±176)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.8%†216
2 bedrooms35%963

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,434 workers (±319)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone73%2,502
Carpool5.9%†202
Public transit0.7%†23
Walk6.3%†215
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†445
Other1.4%†47

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−11.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,989 workers (±312)

Milan, Michigan
Michigan share

Under 15 min21%†639
15–29 min41%1,223
30–44 min21%629

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Ann Arbor, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Washtenaw County, the county holding most of Milan's residents.

Washtenaw County has 8,322 employer establishments, 226 for every 10,000 residents (0.91× the US rate of 248; 0.99× Michigan's), with 158,858 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,778. The Census Bureau also counts 34,024 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,322; 34,024 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 226; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 158,858
Average annual pay: $70,778; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Washtenaw County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	741	20.1	0.97×About typical	11,496	$85,124	2,538
Restaurants and other eating places	681	18.5	1.01×About typical	13,303	$24,395	100
Specialty trade contractors	339	9.2	0.60×Fewer than typical	2,864	$78,799	1,419
Lessors of real estate	338	9.2	0.75×Fewer than typical	1,793	$64,239	3,098
Limited-service restaurants	303	8.2	1.03×About typical	5,245	$21,132	47
Full-service restaurants	293	8	1.04×About typical	6,853	$27,559	35
Management, scientific and technical consulting	272	7.4	1.10×About typical	2,031	$107,452	2,571
Offices of other health practitioners	258	7	1.15×About typical	1,739	$47,095	1,413
Services to buildings and dwellings	240	6.5	0.97×About typical	2,387	$43,290	1,555
Construction of buildings	214	5.8	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,196	$65,294	772
Religious organizations	209	5.7	1.02×About typical	1,520	$27,625	—
Computer systems design and related services	204	5.5	1.28×More than typical	2,604	$117,270	585

Rank places for an industry Open Washtenaw County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 367,845 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $179.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Milan, Michigan: $29.95 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $179.3K; +286% vs FY2025
Per resident: $29.95; US $1,994
Sole-source: 71%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$177.1K99%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2,2381.2%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$31.280.0%

Top recipients

WELLPATH LLC$119K66%
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INC$9,4705.3%
NITELINES USA INC$8,6954.8%
THE SMOOTH SAILING GROUP LLC$8,0104.5%
LIFE SKILLS FOR NEW LIFE LLC$6,0723.4%

Spending by fiscal year

72.2KFY2017
151.6KFY2018
247.8KFY2019
65KFY2020
130KFY2021
89.6KFY2022
66.6KFY2023
98.8KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$119K66%
Other food manufacturing · 3119$19.9K11%
Employment services · 5613$8,7964.9%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$7,7374.3%
Religious organizations · 8131$6,2023.5%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$4,341

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Milan, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Milan, Michigan's figures are part of those of Washtenaw County, MI and Monroe County, MI ($380.1M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Milan is mostly in Washtenaw County.

See federal money in Washtenaw County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Milan, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Ann Arbor, MI86

Other cities and towns in Washtenaw County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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