Midland vs Sanford

A side-by-side comparison of Midland and Sanford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Midland has the higher population (42,461 vs 743 in Sanford). Midland has the higher median household income ($74,906 vs $69,667 in Sanford). Midland has the higher median home value ($192,400 vs $165,800 in Sanford).

Population, income & housing

	Midland	Sanford
Population	42,461	743
Median age	38.9 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,906	$69,667
Median home value	$192,400	$165,800
Median gross rent	$990	$859
Housing units	19,140	358
Homeownership rate	66.9%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland	Sanford
Population	41,920 → 42,461 (+1.3%)	791 → 743 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$63,812 → $74,906 (+17.4%)	$52,841 → $69,667 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$150,400 → $192,400 (+27.9%)	$122,700 → $165,800 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $990 (+25.6%)	$775 → $859 (+10.8%)

Midland

Population

41,92042,461

Median household income

$63,812$74,906

Median home value

$150,400$192,400

Median gross rent

$788$990

Sanford

Population

791743

Median household income

$52,841$69,667

Median home value

$122,700$165,800

Median gross rent

$775$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midland	Sanford
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.4%
75 and over	9.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland	Sanford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland	Sanford
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	22.3%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland	Sanford
Drove alone	77.5%	67.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.1%
Walked	1.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.7%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland	Sanford
1-unit, detached	68.0%	83.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	8.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Midland	Sanford
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1971	1974