Midland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 42,663 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Midland is the 36th largest community in Michigan.Midland is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Midland is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Midland who work in business and financial occupations (100.00%), office and administrative support (0.00%), and sales jobs (0.00%). Midland is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Midland have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Midland’s economy is one such example of this. One of the benefits of Midland is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 7.50 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. One notable thing about Midland is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Midland is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 100.00% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise. Even though Midland is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.The population of Midland has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 0.00% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The people who call Midland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Midland residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Midland include German, Polish, French Canadian, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian. The most common language spoken in Midland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
