Milan vs Port Byron

A side-by-side comparison of Milan and Port Byron: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milan has the higher population (5,037 vs 1,959 in Port Byron). Port Byron has the higher median household income ($101,250 vs $61,188 in Milan). Port Byron has the higher median home value ($259,300 vs $120,300 in Milan).

Population, income & housing

	Milan	Port Byron
Population	5,037	1,959
Median age	36.5 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,188	$101,250
Median home value	$120,300	$259,300
Median gross rent	$817	$513
Housing units	2,610	793
Homeownership rate	67.3%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milan	Port Byron
Population	5,056 → 5,037 (-0.4%)	2,101 → 1,959 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$49,327 → $61,188 (+24.0%)	$68,750 → $101,250 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $120,300 (+11.1%)	$201,700 → $259,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $817 (+7.8%)	$627 → $513 (-18.2%)

Milan

Population

5,0565,037

Median household income

$49,327$61,188

Median home value

$108,300$120,300

Median gross rent

$758$817

Port Byron

Population

2,1011,959

Median household income

$68,750$101,250

Median home value

$201,700$259,300

Median gross rent

$627$513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milan	Port Byron
Under 5	11.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	18.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.8%
75 and over	8.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milan	Port Byron
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milan	Port Byron
No high school diploma	9.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milan	Port Byron
Drove alone	76.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milan	Port Byron
1-unit, detached	65.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Milan	Port Byron
Poverty rate	15.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.03	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1968	1975