Milton vs Selbyville

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

Milton and Selbyville 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 3,005 in Selbyville). Selbyville has the higher median household income ($81,845 vs $64,906 in Milton). Selbyville has the higher median home value ($410,700 vs $376,600 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Selbyville
Population	3,469	3,005
Median age	48.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,906	$81,845
Median home value	$376,600	$410,700
Median gross rent	$1,398	$988
Housing units	1,767	1,380
Homeownership rate	77.7%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Selbyville
Population	2,893 → 3,469 (+19.9%)	2,444 → 3,005 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$57,754 → $64,906 (+12.4%)	$61,500 → $81,845 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$300,900 → $376,600 (+25.2%)	$285,100 → $410,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,398 (+48.1%)	$883 → $988 (+11.9%)

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

Selbyville

Population

2,4443,005

Median household income

$61,500$81,845

Median home value

$285,100$410,700

Median gross rent

$883$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milton	Selbyville
Under 5	6.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	27.2%	21.6%
75 and over	11.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Selbyville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	72.8%
Black or African American	12.8%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	18.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Selbyville
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	23.7%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Selbyville
Drove alone	82.5%	83.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Selbyville
1-unit, detached	69.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Selbyville
Poverty rate	6.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.24	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2002	2005