Mio is a very small town located in the state of Michigan. With a population of 1,690 people and three associated neighborhoods, Mio is the 388th largest community in Michigan.
A relatively large number of people in Mio telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.63% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Another notable thing is that Mio is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mio has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mio has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mio than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mio may be for you.
Mio is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Mio who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.33% of the adults in Mio have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mio in 2018 was $24,903, which is lower middle income relative to Michigan and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,612 for a family of four. However, Mio contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mio home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mio residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mio include German, English, Dutch, Polish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Mio is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.