Millsboro vs Milton

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

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

Millsboro has the higher population (7,152 vs 3,469 in Milton). Millsboro has the higher median household income ($77,750 vs $64,906 in Milton). Milton has the higher median home value ($376,600 vs $297,000 in Millsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Millsboro	Milton
Population	7,152	3,469
Median age	41.4 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,750	$64,906
Median home value	$297,000	$376,600
Median gross rent	$1,207	$1,398
Housing units	3,222	1,767
Homeownership rate	67.9%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millsboro	Milton
Population	4,342 → 7,152 (+64.7%)	2,893 → 3,469 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$49,737 → $77,750 (+56.3%)	$57,754 → $64,906 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$215,200 → $297,000 (+38.0%)	$300,900 → $376,600 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,207 (+13.5%)	$944 → $1,398 (+48.1%)

Millsboro

Population

4,3427,152

Median household income

$49,737$77,750

Median home value

$215,200$297,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,207

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)

	Millsboro	Milton
Under 5	5.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	15.9%	27.2%
75 and over	9.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millsboro	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	77.2%
Black or African American	16.9%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millsboro	Milton
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	21.8%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millsboro	Milton
Drove alone	72.4%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.5%	10.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millsboro	Milton
1-unit, detached	31.2%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	39.4%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Millsboro	Milton
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	37	24
Median year structure built	2010	2002