Midland County Community Profile

Midland County is the economic anchor of Region G. With a median household income of $80,852, well above the regional average of $59,224 and the statewide median of $71,476, Midland County is a community of significant earning power. The problem is that the housing market isn’t reflecting it. There simply are not enough homes.

Midland County has the tightest for-sale market in the entire region. With only 53 homes available for purchase as of early 2025 and an availability rate of just 0.2%, buyers here are competing for almost nothing. What does come to market lists at a median of $235,000, the highest median list price in Region G, and it moves fast, averaging just 74 days on the market. Meanwhile, 364 households are on the wait list for tax credit rental housing, some waiting up to 8 months.

The cost burden picture here is notable. Nearly half of Midland County renters, 47.3%, are cost burdened. One in four is severely cost burdened, spending more than half their income on housing in a county where incomes should, by most measures, make that unnecessary. That points to a mismatch between the housing that exists and the workers who actually need it, not just the highest earners, but the teachers, nurses, tradespeople, and service workers who keep this community running.

Between now and 2029, Midland County needs 826 additional rental units and 3,946 additional for-sale homes, the third largest for-sale gap in the region. The full county profile shows exactly where that need is concentrated and what it will take to close it.