Flint, MI
Flint, MI Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Flint, MI Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Flint ranks 271st for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 253rd for income. A household earns $63,594 a year while median rent runs $1,058/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 7% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is home prices (33rd of 300), while job market is the soft spot (286th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 65th and home prices 33rd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Flint, your take-home is worth about $62,478 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 253rd of 300↑26.2%$63,594
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 117th of 30093 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $68,356
- Per-capita income
- $33,993
- Full-time pay
- $40,321
Housing
- Median rent
- 65th of 300↑37.6%$1,058/mo
- Home value
- 33rd of 300↑55.5%$200,400
- Property tax
- $2,557/yr · 1.3%
- Sales tax
- 6.00%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 286th of 3007.7%
- Bachelor's+
- 268th of 30023.7%
- Avg commute
- 230th of 30026.9 min
People
- Population
- 402,279
- Population change
- -0.9%
- Median age
- 40.5 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.1%
- Broadband
- 94.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 97th of 30042
- Natural-hazard loss
- 41st of 300$9/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 219th of 30020.9%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 7.6%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Air quality
- + Hazard safety
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Commute
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — flint fcwos.
What jobs pay in Flint
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $195,850
- IT managers
- $154,870
- Pharmacists
- $132,020
- Financial managers
- $128,950
- Lawyers
- $107,830
- Software developers
- $101,750
- Registered nurses
- $97,780
- General & operations managers
- $83,020
- Civil engineers
- $82,100
- Plumbers
- $80,510
- Electricians
- $78,270
- Accountants & auditors
- $74,500
- Secondary school teachers
- $65,920
- Elementary school teachers
- $65,620
- Police officers
- $64,320
- Carpenters
- $61,360
- Construction laborers
- $57,170
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $50,200
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $45,190
- Waiters & waitresses
- $44,030
- Customer service reps
- $38,800
- Janitors
- $35,080
- Retail salespersons
- $34,320
- Cashiers
- $29,380
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Flint metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Michigan are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Florida907
- Ohio561
- Texas467
- California396
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Flint metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Flint metro?
- Median gross rent across the Flint, MI Metro Area is $1,058 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Flint.
- What is the median household income in the Flint metro?
- A typical household in the Flint, MI Metro Area earns $63,594 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Flint expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Flint, MI Metro Area runs about 7% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Flint metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $68,356 (versus its face value of $63,594). CityLedger rates the Flint, MI Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Flint metro?
- The median home value across the Flint, MI Metro Area is $200,400 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Flint metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Flint, MI Metro Area is 7.7% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).