Cantril vs Milton

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

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

Milton has the higher population (451 vs 307 in Cantril). Milton has the higher median household income ($41,875 vs $37,500 in Cantril). Cantril has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $54,400 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Cantril	Milton
Population	307	451
Median age	52.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$41,875
Median home value	$76,200	$54,400
Median gross rent	$1,025	$550
Housing units	174	201
Homeownership rate	82.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cantril	Milton
Population	314 → 307 (-2.2%)	481 → 451 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$42,632 → $37,500 (-12.0%)	$41,458 → $41,875 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $76,200 (+9.6%)	$43,500 → $54,400 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,025 (-3.6%)	$738 → $550 (-25.5%)

Cantril

Population

314307

Median household income

$42,632$37,500

Median home value

$69,500$76,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,025

Milton

Population

481451

Median household income

$41,458$41,875

Median home value

$43,500$54,400

Median gross rent

$738$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cantril	Milton
Under 5	13.4%	12.4%
5 to 17	9.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	4.9%	7.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	14.6%
75 and over	15.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cantril	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cantril	Milton
No high school diploma	18.7%	26.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cantril	Milton
Drove alone	91.5%	54.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	13.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cantril	Milton
1-unit, detached	90.2%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	Cantril	Milton
Poverty rate	8.3%	25.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1972	1968