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Mio, MI vs West Branch, MI

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Highlights
- Household income in West Branch, is 21% less than it is in Mio and is 115% below the National Average.
- Mio unemployment rate is 8.3%.
- West Branch unemployment rate is 8.5%.
 Mio, MIWest Branch, MIUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock8.5%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.5%1.6%
 Future Job Growth27.0%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$24,396  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$32,172$69,021
 Family Median Income$44,113  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Mio, MIWest Branch, MIUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock12.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K9.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock20.3%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K11.5%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock6.8%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K8.9%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock6.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K8.4%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock5.5%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K2.7%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock0.5%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Mio, MIWest Branch, MIUnited States
 Management, business, finance4.7%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock4.6%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.0%1.2%
 Education, library7.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock0.0%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology2.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock9.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock5.5%5.4%
 Building maintenance4.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.9%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support18.7%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair5.9%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock16.2%13.1%
Reviews for Mio    3 Reviews

Bp · Mio, MI
Over 12 years ago

I have lived in mio almost 20 years and I have disliked it for most of it. The schools are lousy, people are judgmental, there are alot of teen pregnancies, the housing  More

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Over 17 years ago

Mio is a small village. It is located in the AuSable River Valley. The air is some of the cleanest in the U.S. and so is the water. The AuSable one of the nation's  More

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We moved here from a bigger town 3 1/2 years ago. My husband used to have a chronic cold and now with the clean air his cold has disappeared. The village is small but  More

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Reviews for West Branch    1 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

pros: affordable cost of living, close to Michigan's lakes and forests cons: no jobs, small town atmosphere, sequestered location, bad winters, I lived in West  More

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