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SheetMI-ROBIN-GLEN-INDIANTOWN-MI · Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI 545 pop · income 4th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Robin Glen-Indiantown
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Robin Glen-Indiantown on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Robin Glen-In… · this city · lowest
33,594
Robin Glen-In… · this city · lowest
33,594 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #1
Cal-Nev-Ari · near
33,594
Cal-Nev-Ari · near
33,594 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #2
Smithville · near
33,594
Smithville · near
33,594 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #3
Judson · near
33,600
Judson · near
33,600 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #4
Bethesda · near
33,606
Bethesda · near
33,606 median HH income
25.8% of the leader · rank #5
Parkerfield · highest
130,417
Parkerfield · highest
130,417 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Robin Glen-Indiantown on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 545.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Robin Glen-Indiantown places in the 4th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
4th
percentile, household income
32nd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI
Michigan's Robin Glen-Indiantown is a small town, with 545 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Robin Glen-Indiantown households earn a median of $33,594 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 21.5%. The median resident age is 33.0 years. Educational attainment runs 3.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 47.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Michigan run below the national norm: the state registers 96.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,113 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Michigan run around $238, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Robin Glen-Indiantown report an average commute of 17.4 minutes, with 85.5% driving alone and 4.5% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Robin Glen-Indiantown's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Robin Glen-Indiantown, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Robin Glen-Indiantown?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 85.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.4 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Robin Glen-Indiantown?
Within Michigan, the closest population matches are Mulliken (541 residents, $78,654 income); Interlochen (538 residents, $80,625 income); Caspian (553 residents, $36,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bethel, IN (545 residents); Parkerfield, KS (545 residents); Rolla, KS (545 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 21.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
96.2 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Michigan average
F
City profile score · Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI
17/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C
96.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
21.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$33,594
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
3.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Robin Glen-Indiantown profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 57/100 (C) · 96.2 index
Poverty rate: 11/100 (F) · 21.5%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $33,594
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 3.2%
How does Robin Glen-Indiantown compare to other US cities?
Here's how Robin Glen-Indiantown stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income4% higher than other cities
Median rent32% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Robin Glen-Indiantown against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Michigan only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Michigan-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Robin Glen-Indiantown near the bottom of Michigan's cities
Among the 727 Michigan cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Robin Glen-Indiantown ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Robin Glen-Indiantown only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#700 of 718
3rd percentile in Michigan
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 727
0th percentile in Michigan
Poverty Rate
#61 of 727
92nd percentile in Michigan
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#709 of 727
2nd percentile in Michigan
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Michigan only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
4th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$33,594Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Robin Glen-Indiantown, MI.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)3.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)47.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
545
Median Income
$33,594
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
33.0
Poverty Rate
21.5%
Labor force participation
47.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
3.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.4 minutes
Drive Alone
85.5%
Carpool
10.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.5%
Based on 179 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Michigan statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $238
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Michigan at $238 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Michigan statewide averages, not a meter reading for Robin Glen-Indiantown. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Michigan's BEA cost-of-living index is 96.2 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Robin Glen-Indiantown is $1,113/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Michigan statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Michigan statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Robin Glen-Indiantown sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Robin Glen-Indiantown compares to similar-size Michigan cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.