<P> The series features Frances `` Frankie '' Heck ( Patricia Heaton ) , a middle class , middle - aged , Midwestern woman and her husband Mike ( Neil Flynn ) , who reside in the small fictional town of Orson , Indiana based on the real town of Jasper , Indiana . They are the parents of three children , Axl ( Charlie McDermott ) , Sue ( Eden Sher ) , and Brick ( Atticus Shaffer ) . </P>
<P> The series features Frances `` Frankie '' Heck ( Patricia Heaton ) , a middle class , middle - aged , Midwestern woman and her husband Mike ( Neil Flynn ) , who reside in the small fictional town of Orson , Indiana based on the real town of Jasper , Indiana . They are the parents of three children , Axl ( Charlie McDermott ) , Sue ( Eden Sher ) , and Brick ( Atticus Shaffer ) . </P>
where does the middle take place in indiana
where does the middle take place in indiana
the small fictional town of Orson , Indiana based on the real town of Jasper , Indiana
the small fictional town of Orson , Indiana based on the real town of Jasper , Indiana