Internet Access in Michigan: Stats & Figures

INTERNET ACCESS IN Michigan

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COVERAGE BY COUNTY

Michigan Interactive SVG Map showing broadband coverage by county.

88%

BROADBAND COVERAGE

14%

POPULATION UNDERSERVED

24.0

MBPS AVERAGE
STATE-WIDE SPEED

26th

MOST
CONNECTED STATE

BROADBAND SPEEDS

88.5%

of Michiganders have access to wired broadband 25mbps or faster.

86.9%

of Michiganders have access to broadband 100mbps or faster.

5.6%

of Michiganders have access to 1 gigabit broadband.

WIRED COVERAGE

96.0%

of Michiganders have access to wireline service.

7.2%

of Michiganders have access to fiber-optic service.

88.8%

of Michiganders have access to cable service.

91.0%

of Michiganders have access to DSL service.

WIRELESS COVERAGE

100.0%

of Michiganders have access to mobile broadband service.

43.6%

of Michiganders have access to fixed wireless service.

Largest Competing Providers In Michigan

AT&T Internet vs Xfinity

AT&T Internet vs WOW!

Xfinity vs WOW!

AT&T Internet vs Spectrum

AT&T Internet vs TDS

Top 5 Fastest cities in Michigan

	City	Avg. Download Speed	No. of Providers
1.	Holly	97.3 MBPS	15 Providers
2.	Prudenville	75.4 MBPS	12 Providers
3.	Richland	73.7 MBPS	16 Providers
4.	Houghton Lake	69.9 MBPS	11 Providers
5.	Carleton	66.7 MBPS	13 Providers

Speeds for Major Providers in Michigan

Provider	Avg. Download Speed
Charter Spectrum	30.1 MBPS
XFINITY from Comcast	27.7 MBPS
WOW!	19.9 MBPS
AT&T Internet	13.7 MBPS
Frontier Communications	4.0 MBPS

GOV'T FUNDING

Since 2010, Connect Michigan has been awarded $4,755,684 in federal grants for Michigan's Broadband Initiative.
Another $108,574,985, accounting for 3.1% of all federal infrastructure grants, was awarded to broadband infrastructure projects in Michigan.
Since 2011, access to a wired connection of at least 10mbps has improved from 89.2% to 93.0% of Michiganders.

QUICK STATS

In total there are 247 internet providers in Michigan.
There are 1.1 million people in Michigan without access to a wired connection capable of 25mbps download speeds.
There are 1.0 million people in Michigan that have access to only one wired provider, leaving them no options to switch.
Another 391,000 people in Michigan don't have any wired internet providers available where they live.

Sources: Data collected via the FCC, NTIA, and other sources. For a full list of data sources please visit our data page.

Michigan CITIES


Ada	98.7%	21 providers
Adrian	86.7%	15 providers
Albion	1.4%	12 providers
Algonac	98.9%	12 providers
Allegan	63.5%	15 providers
Allen Park	100.0%	14 providers
Allendale	100.0%	16 providers
Alma	90.2%	19 providers
Alpena	96.3%	11 providers
Ann Arbor	94.0%	25 providers
Auburn Hills	95.2%	18 providers
Battle Creek	94.3%	22 providers
Bay City	99.0%	17 providers
Belding	84.3%	16 providers
Belleville	97.9%	14 providers
Benton Harbor	88.6%	14 providers
Berkley	99.7%	15 providers
Berrien Springs	96.2%	15 providers
Big Rapids	88.0%	14 providers
Birmingham	99.9%	19 providers
Bloomfield Hills	99.9%	23 providers
Brighton	99.3%	18 providers
Brooklyn	82.6%	12 providers
Buchanan	85.5%	14 providers
Burton	99.5%	18 providers
Byron Center	90.1%	20 providers
Cadillac	85.5%	14 providers
Caledonia	97.3%	24 providers
Canton	98.6%	20 providers
Carleton	88.9%	13 providers
Caro	62.1%	14 providers
Cedar Springs	79.3%	14 providers
Charlotte	15.6%	12 providers
Cheboygan	75.6%	13 providers
Chelsea	68.3%	15 providers
Clarkston	99.4%	21 providers
Clawson	100.0%	20 providers
Clinton Township	99.5%	21 providers
Clio	99.6%	16 providers
Coldwater	87.6%	13 providers
Commerce Township	99.9%	15 providers
Comstock Park	99.2%	19 providers
Davison	98.8%	15 providers
Dearborn	99.4%	18 providers
Dearborn Heights	99.7%	16 providers
Detroit	99.3%	29 providers
Dewitt	80.4%	18 providers
Dexter	94.0%	15 providers
Dowagiac	74.9%	14 providers
East Lansing	94.3%	20 providers
Eastpointe	100.0%	15 providers
Eaton Rapids	70.6%	16 providers
Edwardsburg	87.0%	14 providers
Escanaba	95.8%	9 providers
Essexville	99.4%	12 providers
Farmington	99.0%	28 providers
Fenton	98.3%	19 providers
Ferndale	100.0%	18 providers
Flat Rock	98.3%	14 providers
Flint	98.2%	26 providers
Flushing	99.2%	17 providers
Fort Gratiot	93.2%	16 providers
Fowlerville	7.5%	19 providers
Franklin	100.0%	20 providers
Fraser	100.0%	18 providers
Freeland	93.7%	15 providers
Fremont	70.0%	14 providers
Garden City	99.9%	14 providers
Gaylord	81.6%	18 providers
Gladwin	32.9%	14 providers
Grand Blanc	98.4%	20 providers
Grand Haven	99.5%	17 providers
Grand Ledge	78.4%	13 providers
Grand Rapids	98.3%	31 providers
Grandville	99.9%	21 providers
Greenville	93.8%	18 providers
Grosse Ile	99.9%	15 providers
Grosse Pointe	99.8%	18 providers
Hamtramck	96.8%	13 providers
Harper Woods	100.0%	15 providers
Harrison	80.6%	10 providers
Harrison Township	99.5%	13 providers
Haslett	89.7%	16 providers
Hastings	35.5%	14 providers
Hazel Park	100.0%	13 providers
Highland	98.7%	14 providers
Highland Park	77.7%	17 providers
Hillsdale	83.7%	14 providers
Holland	95.7%	29 providers
Holly	96.0%	15 providers
Holt	100.0%	16 providers
Howell	92.8%	20 providers
Hudsonville	98.9%	17 providers
Inkster	100.0%	14 providers
Ionia	82.8%	17 providers
Iron Mountain	91.5%	11 providers
Ishpeming	94.0%	7 providers
Jackson	89.5%	22 providers
Jenison	100.0%	18 providers
Kalamazoo	98.6%	23 providers
Lake Orion	99.6%	22 providers
Lansing	98.7%	22 providers
Lapeer	94.5%	16 providers
Lincoln Park	99.6%	17 providers
Linden	95.6%	15 providers
Livonia	99.5%	27 providers
Lowell	74.6%	19 providers
Ludington	87.5%	14 providers
Macomb	99.9%	17 providers
Madison Heights	99.0%	23 providers
Manistee	86.4%	10 providers
Marquette	96.1%	14 providers
Marshall	33.7%	17 providers
Mason	100.0%	17 providers
Melvindale	100.0%	18 providers
Menominee	89.6%	8 providers
Middleville	70.5%	14 providers
Midland	97.6%	20 providers
Milan	82.3%	10 providers
Milford	97.9%	20 providers
Monroe	99.1%	19 providers
Mount Clemens	93.0%	16 providers
Mount Morris	99.7%	15 providers
Mount Pleasant	94.9%	20 providers
Muskegon	95.9%	21 providers
New Baltimore	99.6%	14 providers
Newaygo	54.3%	17 providers
Newport	96.7%	12 providers
Niles	95.9%	15 providers
Northville	99.6%	22 providers
Novi	98.7%	25 providers
Oak Park	99.7%	22 providers
Okemos	100.0%	21 providers
Ortonville	99.0%	15 providers
Owosso	91.5%	15 providers
Oxford	96.7%	15 providers
Paw Paw	93.5%	13 providers
Petoskey	81.0%	15 providers
Pinckney	99.0%	13 providers
Plainwell	88.1%	19 providers
Plymouth	99.0%	19 providers
Pontiac	97.4%	21 providers
Port Huron	98.8%	13 providers
Portage	99.5%	22 providers
Portland	15.9%	14 providers
Redford	99.7%	21 providers
Riverview	100.0%	19 providers
Rochester	99.4%	25 providers
Rockford	95.9%	17 providers
Rockwood	99.4%	13 providers
Romeo	89.6%	14 providers
Romulus	99.1%	16 providers
Roscommon	86.5%	11 providers
Roseville	99.1%	17 providers
Royal Oak	99.9%	23 providers
Saginaw	99.2%	21 providers
Saint Clair	88.2%	14 providers
Saint Clair Shores	99.9%	19 providers
Saint Johns	58.5%	17 providers
Saint Joseph	98.0%	16 providers
Saint Louis	82.3%	14 providers
Saline	91.1%	11 providers
Sault Sainte Marie	87.7%	12 providers
South Haven	79.2%	10 providers
South Lyon	82.7%	17 providers
Southfield	98.6%	30 providers
Southgate	98.1%	17 providers
Sparta	93.1%	15 providers
Spring Lake	99.5%	17 providers
Sterling Heights	99.1%	25 providers
Stevensville	90.4%	17 providers
Sturgis	87.6%	12 providers
Swartz Creek	98.3%	14 providers
Taylor	95.6%	19 providers
Tecumseh	87.9%	11 providers
Temperance	97.3%	16 providers
Three Rivers	90.7%	14 providers
Traverse City	99.0%	21 providers
Trenton	99.2%	19 providers
Troy	99.6%	27 providers
Twin Lake	91.5%	12 providers
Utica	99.9%	21 providers
Vicksburg	94.1%	16 providers
Walled Lake	99.0%	18 providers
Warren	98.5%	23 providers
Washington	97.3%	16 providers
Waterford	99.7%	20 providers
Wayland	81.9%	17 providers
Wayne	99.0%	21 providers
West Bloomfield	99.8%	20 providers
West Branch	78.6%	14 providers
Westland	99.6%	22 providers
White Lake	99.8%	16 providers
Whitmore Lake	98.1%	12 providers
Williamston	100.0%	17 providers
Wixom	97.9%	18 providers
Wyandotte	90.1%	15 providers
Wyoming	98.6%	26 providers
Ypsilanti	95.4%	17 providers
Zeeland	94.3%	20 providers

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Last Updated on 11/30/2017.