Lewes vs Milton

A side-by-side comparison of Lewes and Milton: population, income, housing, and more.

Lewes and Milton are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milton has the higher population (3,469 vs 3,415 in Lewes). Lewes has the higher median household income ($92,375 vs $64,906 in Milton). Lewes has the higher median home value ($806,700 vs $376,600 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Lewes	Milton
Population	3,415	3,469
Median age	67.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,375	$64,906
Median home value	$806,700	$376,600
Median gross rent	$1,271	$1,398
Housing units	3,060	1,767
Homeownership rate	86.7%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.2%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewes	Milton
Population	3,198 → 3,415 (+6.8%)	2,893 → 3,469 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$88,984 → $92,375 (+3.8%)	$57,754 → $64,906 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$558,200 → $806,700 (+44.5%)	$300,900 → $376,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,271 (+19.3%)	$944 → $1,398 (+48.1%)

Lewes

Population

3,1983,415

Median household income

$88,984$92,375

Median home value

$558,200$806,700

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,271

Milton

Population

2,8933,469

Median household income

$57,754$64,906

Median home value

$300,900$376,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lewes	Milton
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	6.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.4%	8.0%
65 to 74	35.1%	27.2%
75 and over	24.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewes	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewes	Milton
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	13.2%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewes	Milton
Drove alone	62.6%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	29.3%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewes	Milton
1-unit, detached	69.6%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lewes	Milton
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1992	2002