Census-designated place · Oscoda County, Michigan

Mio, Michigan

Mio is a census-designated place in Oscoda County, Michigan. It has 1,474 residents. Mio, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 29 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,060 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #320 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on natural hazard risk (low), homicide rate (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), flu vaccinations (low) and primary care physicians (low).

29Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,060 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #320 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,474 (2020-2024)
Land area: 8 mi²
Density: 176.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 2654660

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety72#4,431/15,637
Economy6#14,634/15,631
Housing51#7,345/14,977
Health11#13,859/15,609
Healthcare1#15,472/15,650
Environment98#368/15,453
Education11#14,005/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,459/15,650
Community83#2,690/15,651
Leisure & amenities54#7,123/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Natural hazard risk · low1.5
98/100Michigan 10.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOscoda County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Michigan 4.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataOscoda County value
Public libraries · high2.3 /10k
93/100Michigan 0.7 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOscoda County value
Voter turnout · high77.7%
93/100Michigan 74.6%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionOscoda County value
Property crime rate · low439 /100k
92/100Michigan 1,259 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOscoda County value
Hot days · low4 days
89/100Michigan 5 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOscoda County value

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$786
0/100Michigan $1,362United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOscoda County value
Flu vaccinations · low21.0%
1/100Michigan 43.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOscoda County value
Primary care physicians · low12 /100k
1/100Michigan 81 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOscoda County value
Distance to an emergency room · high22.3 mi
2/100Michigan 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOscoda County value
Traffic deaths · high45.1 /100k
2/100Michigan 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataOscoda County value
Math scores · low2.48
3/100Michigan 2.85United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOscoda County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,743 (2015-2019) → 1,474 (2020-2024)
−15%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.4% (2015-2019) → 83.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
19.9% (2015-2019) → 33.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Average commute timeWorsening
20.7 min (2015-2019) → 31.9 min (2020-2024)
+54%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.0% (2015-2019) → 53.8% (2020-2024)
+9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
83.4% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+5.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Mio, Michigan improved on 2 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 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

Inequality−0.0820.479 → 0.397
Broadband+16 points67.4% → 83.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Mio, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	20.7 min2015-2019	31.9 min2020-2024	+11.2 min	Within the margin of error	1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%2015-2019	18.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Broadband subscriptions	67.4%2015-2019	83.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Child poverty rate	19.9%2015-2019	33.3%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Effective property tax rate	1.08%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	83.4%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+5.9 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4792015-2019	0.3972020-2024	−0.082	Improved	93%
Median household income	$38,5692015-2019	$40,7502020-2024	+5.7%	Within the margin of error	12%
Poverty rate	21.8%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	+4.2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.5%2015-2019	31.2%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Rent-burdened households	44.0%2015-2019	53.8%2020-2024	+9.9 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Unemployment rate	10.6%2015-2019	14.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.7%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	12%

“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 Mio, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mio, 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, Mio, Michigan itself moved −6.6 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

1,474 residents (±235)

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

704 households (±103)

Mio, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k33%231
$25k–50k27%†189
$50k–75k21%†151

Homes

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

Owners and renters

704 households (±103)

Mio, Michigan
Michigan share

Own77%544
Rent23%†160

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† 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

497 workers (±113)

Mio, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone78%388
Carpool11%†55
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 Oscoda County, the county holding most of Mio's residents.

Oscoda County has 176 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Michigan's), with 1,335 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,181. The Census Bureau also counts 632 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 176; 632 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 1,335
Average annual pay: $44,181; US $68,342

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

Construction of buildings	16	18.7	2.47×More than typical	34	$48,265	44
Ambulatory health care services	9	10.5	0.50×Too few to compare	39	$47,949	12
Gasoline stations	8	9.3	2.88×Too few to compare	61	$29,295	—
Religious organizations	8	9.3	1.68×Too few to compare	26	$20,538	—
Restaurants and other eating places	8	9.3	0.51×Too few to compare	110	$20,300	3
Specialty trade contractors	8	9.3	0.60×Too few to compare	73	$110,356	72
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	7	8.2	3.07×Too few to compare	105	$46,162	—
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	6	7	4.25×Too few to compare	37	$27,405	—
Other amusement and recreation industries	6	7	2.89×Too few to compare	105	$45,162	—
Grocery and convenience stores	5	5.8	1.97×Too few to compare	67	$25,090	—
Lessors of real estate	5	5.8	0.47×Too few to compare	5	$39,000	53
Automotive repair and maintenance	4	4.7	0.93×Too few to compare	15	$36,933	12

Rank places for an industry Open Oscoda County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,564 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 $4,125 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Mio, Michigan: $2.80 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $4,125; +98% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2.80; US $1,994
Sole-source: 63%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Forest Service$4,125100%

Top recipients

THE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND$2,61563%
SUPERIOR IMAGE CLEANING SERVICES, LLC$1,51137%
PRAIRIE MOON NURSERY, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

10.9KFY2017
11KFY2018
8.6KFY2019
2.6KFY2020
14.7KFY2021
17.2KFY2022
24.8KFY2023
13.6KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing · 3255$2,61563%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1,51137%

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 Mio, Michigan, so they do not add up across cities.

Mio, Michigan's figures are part of those of Oscoda County, MI ($80.1K in FY2026), never added to them: 5.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Oscoda 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.

Mio, Michigan is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Jack BergmanR-MI-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

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.

Oscoda County38100% of residents

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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