Boston vs Milton

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

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

Milton has the higher population (345 vs 262 in Boston). Boston has the higher median household income ($67,734 vs $45,375 in Milton). Milton has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $75,000 in Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Milton
Population	262	345
Median age	33.6 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,734	$45,375
Median home value	$75,000	$81,700
Median gross rent	$942	$688
Housing units	100	179
Homeownership rate	50.5%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Milton
Population	149 → 262 (+75.8%)	351 → 345 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $67,734 (+93.5%)	$42,708 → $45,375 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $75,000 (-6.3%)	$56,300 → $81,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$958 → $942 (-1.7%)	$772 → $688 (-10.9%)

Boston

Population

149262

Median household income

$35,000$67,734

Median home value

$80,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$958$942

Milton

Population

351345

Median household income

$42,708$45,375

Median home value

$56,300$81,700

Median gross rent

$772$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Milton
Under 5	8.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	19.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.7%
75 and over	0.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	94.2%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Milton
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	40.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Milton
Drove alone	80.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	18.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Milton
1-unit, detached	93.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Milton
Poverty rate	34.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1941	1938