Lumber City vs Milan

A side-by-side comparison of Lumber City and Milan: population, income, housing, and more.

Lumber City and Milan are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lumber City has the higher population (1,113 vs 727 in Milan). Lumber City has the higher median household income ($31,927 vs $27,656 in Milan). Since 2019, Milan's population has grown faster (+22.6% vs -21.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lumber City	Milan
Population	1,113	727
Median age	34.4 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,927	$27,656
Median home value	—	$77,400
Median gross rent	$444	$825
Housing units	443	456
Homeownership rate	49.8%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lumber City	Milan
Population	1,421 → 1,113 (-21.7%)	593 → 727 (+22.6%)
Median household income	$30,438 → $31,927 (+4.9%)	$32,083 → $27,656 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$57,000 → $39,200 (-31.2%)	$57,700 → $77,400 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $444 (-14.1%)	$504 → $825 (+63.7%)

Lumber City

Population

1,4211,113

Median household income

$30,438$31,927

Median home value

$57,000$39,200

Median gross rent

$517$444

Milan

Population

593727

Median household income

$32,083$27,656

Median home value

$57,700$77,400

Median gross rent

$504$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lumber City	Milan
Under 5	2.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	8.9%
18 to 24	18.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	17.7%
75 and over	10.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lumber City	Milan
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	68.2%
Black or African American	55.4%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lumber City	Milan
No high school diploma	18.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	53.1%	61.8%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lumber City	Milan
Drove alone	95.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lumber City	Milan
1-unit, detached	52.8%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.7%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Lumber City	Milan
Poverty rate	24.7%	44.5%
Average household size	3.57	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	55
Median year structure built	1984	1963