Blue Ridge vs Milroy

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Ridge and Milroy: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Ridge and Milroy are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milroy has the higher population (629 vs 201 in Blue Ridge). Blue Ridge has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $105,000 in Milroy). Since 2019, Blue Ridge's population has grown faster (+46.7% vs +23.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
Population	201	629
Median age	45.5 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$81,875
Median home value	$160,400	$105,000
Housing units	99	378
Homeownership rate	100.0%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
Population	137 → 201 (+46.7%)	511 → 629 (+23.1%)
Median household income	—	$48,889 → $81,875 (+67.5%)
Median home value	—	$66,500 → $105,000 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,103 → $1,306 (+18.4%)

Blue Ridge

Population

137201

Milroy

Population

511629

Median household income

$48,889$81,875

Median home value

$66,500$105,000

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
Under 5	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	27.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	36.8%	24.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	4.5%	18.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	5.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
No high school diploma	10.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	71.5%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
Drove alone	21.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	73.8%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
1-unit, detached	100.0%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Blue Ridge	Milroy
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.1%
Average household size	2.68	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1943	1938