Milford vs Onarga

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

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

Onarga has the higher population (1,362 vs 1,136 in Milford). Onarga has the higher median household income ($64,286 vs $45,000 in Milford). Onarga has the higher median home value ($96,500 vs $65,300 in Milford).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Onarga
Population	1,136	1,362
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,000	$64,286
Median home value	$65,300	$96,500
Median gross rent	$714	$748
Housing units	611	554
Homeownership rate	74.1%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Onarga
Population	1,345 → 1,136 (-15.5%)	1,055 → 1,362 (+29.1%)
Median household income	$46,786 → $45,000 (-3.8%)	$46,635 → $64,286 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$60,600 → $65,300 (+7.8%)	$86,700 → $96,500 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $714 (+18.8%)	$625 → $748 (+19.7%)

Milford

Population

1,3451,136

Median household income

$46,786$45,000

Median home value

$60,600$65,300

Median gross rent

$601$714

Onarga

Population

1,0551,362

Median household income

$46,635$64,286

Median home value

$86,700$96,500

Median gross rent

$625$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Onarga
Under 5	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.8%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.2%
45 to 54	7.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.3%
75 and over	5.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Onarga
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	37.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	59.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Onarga
No high school diploma	20.1%	34.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Onarga
Drove alone	86.5%	82.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.6%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Onarga
1-unit, detached	83.3%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Onarga
Poverty rate	25.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1961	1959