Michigan CenterMI
4,999 people live in this town, platted in 1837.
Is Michigan Center a good place to live?
4.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Michigan Center, below both the Michigan State town median (8.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). We don’t grade Michigan Center yet; the figures below are still real.
93% of working residents leave Michigan Center for work
Where Michigan Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2021
Moving to Michigan Center: who provides what
Michigan Center is unincorporated, so Jackson County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Michigan Center.
Natural hazards: low risk in Michigan Center, mostly inland flooding
Michigan Center’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 20 of 100. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 29% to tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Michigan Center has 0.7 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Only 7% of working residents stay in Michigan Center for work; the rest commute out. Michigan Center’s median household income comes in at $64,000. It had 1,264 jobs in 2021, up 154 from 2011. The top destinations are Jackson (21%), Blackman Township (12%) and Leoni Township (12%).
| Michigan Center | Michigan State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $77,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2021 · ACS
A typical Michigan Center home is worth about $205K
In Michigan Center, the rent at the middle of the market is $1,328 a month. Homes sold in Michigan Center spent a median 36 days on the market. Among households locally, 83% own their home.
| Michigan Center | Michigan State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,328 a month | $1,046 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 84% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Michigan Center: four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 17°, with about 33 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Michigan Center is
Two figures for adults in Michigan Center: 27% have been diagnosed with depression, 78% had a checkup this year. Michigan Center: nearly two in five adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Michigan Center | Michigan State towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 34% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Michigan Center | MI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.6% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Michigan Center has set aside 3.4% of its land for conservation
Michigan Center has 3 parks and preserves, 6 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Leoni Township Lions Park | — | 3 |
| 2. Center Lake Public Access | — | 2 |
| 3. Triangle Woods | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Michigan Center
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Michigan Center
About 2 of every 100 Michigan Center residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Michigan State.
About Michigan Center
Census-designated place & unincorporated community in Michigan, United States
Michigan Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Michigan Center had a population of 4,609. The CDP is located within Leoni Township on the eastern border of the city of Jackson. Michigan Center was platted as "Michigan Centre" in 1837 by Abel Fitch and Paul Ring, although there were settlements in the area from at least 1834. The name was presumably derived from the proximity to the Michigan meridian which divided the state into eastern and western portions for surveying. The community is not close to any sort of geographical center of the state. Fitch became the first postmaster in 1838…
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- Area
- 5.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 945 ft
- ZIP code
- 49254
Questions about Michigan Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Michigan Center, MI a good place to live?
We don’t grade Michigan Center yet; the figures below are still real. 4,999 people live in this town, platted in 1837.