Mulliken vs Sunfield

A side-by-side comparison of Mulliken and Sunfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Mulliken and Sunfield are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sunfield has the higher population (654 vs 541 in Mulliken). Mulliken has the higher median household income ($78,654 vs $66,406 in Sunfield). Mulliken has the higher median home value ($154,700 vs $134,200 in Sunfield).

Population, income & housing

	Mulliken	Sunfield
Population	541	654
Median age	36.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,654	$66,406
Median home value	$154,700	$134,200
Median gross rent	$1,188	$1,035
Housing units	212	258
Homeownership rate	93.4%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulliken	Sunfield
Population	519 → 541 (+4.2%)	504 → 654 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$57,250 → $78,654 (+37.4%)	$48,750 → $66,406 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $154,700 (+36.9%)	$103,800 → $134,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,188 (+53.3%)	$620 → $1,035 (+66.9%)

Mulliken

Population

519541

Median household income

$57,250$78,654

Median home value

$113,000$154,700

Median gross rent

$775$1,188

Sunfield

Population

504654

Median household income

$48,750$66,406

Median home value

$103,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$620$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mulliken	Sunfield
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.6%
75 and over	2.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulliken	Sunfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulliken	Sunfield
No high school diploma	10.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulliken	Sunfield
Drove alone	80.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	2.8%
Other means	2.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulliken	Sunfield
1-unit, detached	95.3%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Mulliken	Sunfield
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1964	1963