Detroit vs Millport

A side-by-side comparison of Detroit and Millport: population, income, housing, and more.

Detroit and Millport are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Millport has the higher population (1,417 vs 230 in Detroit). Millport has the higher median household income ($77,292 vs $16,250 in Detroit). Millport has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $76,800 in Detroit).

Population, income & housing

	Detroit	Millport
Population	230	1,417
Median age	42.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$16,250	$77,292
Median home value	$76,800	$101,700
Median gross rent	$376	$644
Housing units	129	611
Homeownership rate	44.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Detroit	Millport
Population	257 → 230 (-10.5%)	990 → 1,417 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $16,250 (-48.0%)	$31,648 → $77,292 (+144.2%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $76,800 (+15.5%)	$62,900 → $101,700 (+61.7%)
Median gross rent	$315 → $376 (+19.4%)	$451 → $644 (+42.8%)

Detroit

Population

257230

Median household income

$31,250$16,250

Median home value

$66,500$76,800

Median gross rent

$315$376

Millport

Population

9901,417

Median household income

$31,648$77,292

Median home value

$62,900$101,700

Median gross rent

$451$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Detroit	Millport
Under 5	13.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	24.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	10.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	4.3%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.0%
75 and over	10.9%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Detroit	Millport
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	67.0%
Black or African American	38.7%	29.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Detroit	Millport
No high school diploma	27.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Detroit	Millport
Drove alone	53.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	46.3%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Detroit	Millport
1-unit, detached	40.3%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	48.8%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Detroit	Millport
Poverty rate	43.0%	18.3%
Average household size	2.74	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1976	1971