Fountain City vs Milton

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

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

Fountain City has the higher population (718 vs 345 in Milton). Fountain City has the higher median household income ($46,106 vs $45,375 in Milton). Fountain City has the higher median home value ($96,900 vs $81,700 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain City	Milton
Population	718	345
Median age	41.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,106	$45,375
Median home value	$96,900	$81,700
Median gross rent	$647	$688
Housing units	370	179
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain City	Milton
Population	740 → 718 (-3.0%)	351 → 345 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$50,357 → $46,106 (-8.4%)	$42,708 → $45,375 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $96,900 (+24.1%)	$56,300 → $81,700 (+45.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $647 (-6.0%)	$772 → $688 (-10.9%)

Fountain City

Population

740718

Median household income

$50,357$46,106

Median home value

$78,100$96,900

Median gross rent

$688$647

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)

	Fountain City	Milton
Under 5	6.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	10.7%
75 and over	9.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain City	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain City	Milton
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	52.0%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain City	Milton
Drove alone	88.1%	89.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain City	Milton
1-unit, detached	67.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain City	Milton
Poverty rate	15.8%	15.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1952	1938