Village · Tuscola County, Michigan

Millington, Michigan

Millington is a village in Tuscola County, Michigan. It has 1,122 residents. Millington, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 24 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,948 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #368 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on time spent in the emergency room (low), homicide rate (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on rent as share of income (high), public EV charging ports (low) and depression (high).

24Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,948 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #368 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,122 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 823.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2654220

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety65#5,454/15,637
Economy30#10,908/15,631
Housing24#11,329/14,977
Health29#11,059/15,609
Healthcare28#11,193/15,650
Environment58#6,443/15,453
Education23#12,003/15,649
Infrastructure18#12,817/15,650
Community52#7,506/15,651
Leisure & amenities12#13,836/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Millington, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Tuscola 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

Time spent in the emergency room · low82 min
99/100Michigan 163 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTuscola County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Michigan 4.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTuscola County value
Child care cost burden · low20.9%
92/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscola County value
Public libraries · high1.9 /10k
90/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTuscola County value
Home price to income ratio · low2.1×
90/100Michigan 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Job growth · high2.0%
88/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataTuscola County value

Weaknesses

Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Michigan 30.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Michigan 5.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyTuscola County value
Depression · high29.4%
8/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.2 /10k
9/100Michigan 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTuscola County value
Primary care physicians · low28 /100k
11/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscola County value
Flu vaccinations · low32.0%
11/100Michigan 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTuscola County value

Trends

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

Rent as share of incomeWorsening
37.6% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$41,500 (2015-2019) → $56,250 (2020-2024)
+36%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
90.7% (2015-2019) → 96.3% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.5% (2015-2019) → 76.6% (2020-2024)
+5.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
17.0% (2015-2019) → 21.6% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
67.4% (2015-2019) → 70.7% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Millington, Michigan improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+13 points37.6% → 51.0%

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Millington, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	28.0 min2015-2019	31.6 min2020-2024	+3.6 min	Within the margin of error	16%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Broadband subscriptions	71.5%2015-2019	76.6%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	1.26%2015-2019	1.23%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	96.3%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4042015-2019	0.3682020-2024	−0.036	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$41,5002015-2019	$56,2502020-2024	+36%	Within the margin of error	66%
Poverty rate	17.2%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	37.6%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	6%
Rent-burdened households	67.4%2015-2019	70.7%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%

“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 Millington, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Millington, 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, Millington, Michigan itself moved +0.1 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

1,122 residents (±220)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

505 households (±109)

Millington, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k22%†112
$25k–50k25%†124
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

505 households (±109)

Millington, Michigan
Michigan share

Own71%361
Rent29%†144

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+19.3 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

484 workers (±118)

Millington, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone72%348
Carpool19%†90
Public transit0.0%0

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 Tuscola County, the county holding most of Millington's residents.

Tuscola County has 842 employer establishments, 159 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Michigan's), with 9,643 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,482. The Census Bureau also counts 3,682 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 842; 3,682 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 159; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 9,643
Average annual pay: $48,482; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	76	14.4	0.69×Fewer than typical	753	$45,871	127
Specialty trade contractors	72	13.6	0.88×About typical	267	$63,184	380
Restaurants and other eating places	53	10	0.55×Fewer than typical	768	$16,326	14
Religious organizations	44	8.3	1.50×More than typical	255	$18,216	—
Construction of buildings	31	5.9	0.78×Fewer than typical	111	$46,757	216
Offices of physicians	27	5.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	164	$73,482	13
Full-service restaurants	26	4.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	283	$15,117	4
Insurance agencies and brokerages	26	4.9	1.12×About typical	108	$48,120	50
Limited-service restaurants	24	4.5	0.57×Fewer than typical	474	$17,171	5
Building equipment contractors	23	4.3	0.72×Fewer than typical	82	$49,549	45
Other specialty trade contractors	20	3.8	1.51×More than typical	66	$82,318	91
Gasoline stations	19	3.6	1.11×About typical	175	$33,040	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 52,880 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Tuscola 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.

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

House

Senate

County

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

Tuscola County45100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Tuscola 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
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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