Milford vs New Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Milford and New Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Milford and New Haven are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Haven has the higher population (132,893 vs 50,749 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($110,126 vs $53,771 in New Haven). Milford has the higher median home value ($377,400 vs $249,000 in New Haven).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	New Haven
Population	50,749	132,893
Median age	46.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$110,126	$53,771
Median home value	$377,400	$249,000
Median gross rent	$1,820	$1,442
Housing units	23,021	59,626
Homeownership rate	76.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	New Haven
Population	52,732 → 50,749 (-3.8%)	130,331 → 132,893 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$91,783 → $110,126 (+20.0%)	$42,222 → $53,771 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$312,500 → $377,400 (+20.8%)	$199,000 → $249,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,820 (+15.2%)	$1,196 → $1,442 (+20.6%)

Milford

Population

52,73250,749

Median household income

$91,783$110,126

Median home value

$312,500$377,400

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,820

New Haven

Population

130,331132,893

Median household income

$42,222$53,771

Median home value

$199,000$249,000

Median gross rent

$1,196$1,442

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	New Haven
Under 5	3.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	14.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	18.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.2%	7.2%
75 and over	8.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	29.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	29.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	31.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	New Haven
No high school diploma	4.0%	14.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	New Haven
Drove alone	75.2%	58.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.5%
Public transit	2.7%	6.9%
Walked	0.6%	12.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	15.5%	12.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	New Haven
1-unit, detached	69.3%	19.8%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	40.9%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	4.7%	21.3%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Milford	New Haven
Poverty rate	4.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1966	1952