Scores by category

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

Safety22#12,137/15,637
Economy5#14,820/15,631
Housing44#8,319/14,977
Health3#15,132/15,609
Healthcare13#13,605/15,650
Environment39#9,486/15,453
Education22#12,160/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,615/15,650
Community25#11,769/15,651
Leisure & amenities29#11,100/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Milan, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Gibson 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

Social associations · high17.4 /10k
96/100Tennessee 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGibson County value
Child care cost burden · low21.8%
89/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGibson County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGibson County value
Grocery stores · high2.1 /10k
78/100Tennessee 1.4 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGibson County value
New homes permitted · high5.2 /1k
77/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Tennessee 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyGibson County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low37 /100k
3/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGibson County value
Frequent mental distress · high22.6%
3/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · high30.2%
4/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · low70.9 yrs
5/100Tennessee 73.8 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGibson County value
Suicide rate · high27.4 /100k
6/100Tennessee 18.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGibson County value
Adult smoking · high22.2%
6/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationRising
7,672 (2015-2019) → 8,244 (2020-2024)
+7.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.2% (2015-2019) → 91.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 3.3× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
57.2% (2015-2019) → 63.5% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
7.4 /1k (2021) → 5.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−29%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
7.6% (2015-2019) → 12.4% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Tennessee improved on 1 of 14 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.

Improved1

Broadband+17 points74.2% → 91.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Milan, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	25.0 min2020-2024	+3.4 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Broadband subscriptions	74.2%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
Child poverty rate	27.4%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	48%
Effective property tax rate	0.94%2015-2019	0.78%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	84.6%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4222015-2019	0.4782020-2024	+0.056	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$43,5092015-2019	$43,8862020-2024	+0.9%	Within the margin of error	8%
Poverty rate	19.1%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	33.7%2015-2019	35.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Rent-burdened households	57.2%2015-2019	63.5%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.6%2015-2019	12.4%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%

“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, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Milan, Tennessee 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, Tennessee itself moved −6.9 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

8,244 residents (±22)

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 (+3.9 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

8,244 residents (±22)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White68%5,590
Black22%1,820
Hispanic or Latino1.9%†156

Education

5,305 residents (±374)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma12%†661
High school or GED40%2,123
Some college26%1,366

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

3,237 households (±246)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k31%†999
$25k–50k24%†762
$50k–75k9.6%†311
$75k–100k13%†411
$100k–150k17%†545
$150k–200k2.0%†64
$200k or more4.5%†145

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+4.0 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

3,237 households (±246)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own56%1,810
Rent44%1,427

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,327 households (±288)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75044%†585
$750–1,00030%†392
$1,000–1,50020%†268

Home values

1,810 homes (±315)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k51%920
$150k–250k30%†540
$250k–400k14%†258

Age of homes

3,456 homes (±256)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later6.7%†233
2000–20095.0%†174
1980–199929%1,017

Size of homes

3,456 homes (±256)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio2.0%†69
1 bedroom11%†395
2 bedrooms28%960

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

3,235 workers (±381)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone84%2,733
Carpool11%†348
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.5%†16
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.6%†52
Other2.7%†86

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.

Table view

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

Time to get to work

3,183 workers (±377)

Milan, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min32%1,019
15–29 min25%†787
30–44 min30%968

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 Jackson, TN

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 Gibson County, the county holding most of Milan's residents.

Gibson County has 951 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Tennessee's), with 12,656 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,189. The Census Bureau also counts 3,520 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 951; 3,520 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 12,656
Average annual pay: $44,189; US $68,342

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

Religious organizations	79	15.4	2.78×More than typical	338	$19,056	—
Restaurants and other eating places	66	12.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	1,143	$17,144	19
Specialty trade contractors	63	12.3	0.79×Fewer than typical	580	$55,664	330
Ambulatory health care services	58	11.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	591	$47,147	133
Building equipment contractors	34	6.6	1.10×About typical	272	$53,301	74
Construction of buildings	31	6	0.80×About typical	265	$51,962	151
Gasoline stations	30	5.9	1.81×More than typical	102	$27,412	—
Limited-service restaurants	29	5.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	841	$16,864	5
Full-service restaurants	27	5.3	0.69×Fewer than typical	273	$18,784	7
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	87	$27,540	339
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	4.3	0.85×About typical	77	$45,065	66
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	21	4.1	2.35×More than typical	138	$33,841	7

Rank places for an industry Open Gibson County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 51,245 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 $90.4K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Milan, Tennessee: $10.96 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $90.4K; −72% vs FY2025
Per resident: $10.96; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Top recipients

KAIYUH SERVICES LLC$83K92%
OUTCOMES & INCOMES, INC$8,1079.0%
PIKA INTERNATIONAL, INC.$00.0%
BHATE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSOCIATES, INC.$00.0%
UNITED AMMUNITION CONTAINER INC$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

-130.5KFY2017
169.5KFY2018
355.8KFY2019
852.8KFY2020
838.5KFY2021
1.8MFY2022
1.6MFY2023
1.6MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$90.8K100%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$2770.3%

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, Tennessee, so they do not add up across cities.

Milan, Tennessee's figures are part of those of Gibson County, TN ($54.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

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

See federal money in Gibson 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, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

David KustoffR-TN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Gibson County29100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Jackson, TN29

Other cities and towns in Gibson 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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