Carlisle vs Milo

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Milo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (4,187 vs 773 in Milo). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($98,333 vs $76,250 in Milo). Carlisle has the higher median home value ($208,100 vs $145,400 in Milo).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Milo
Population	4,187	773
Median age	37.0 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,333	$76,250
Median home value	$208,100	$145,400
Median gross rent	$896	$860
Housing units	1,620	324
Homeownership rate	84.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Milo
Population	4,162 → 4,187 (+0.6%)	856 → 773 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$73,380 → $98,333 (+34.0%)	$56,932 → $76,250 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$148,900 → $208,100 (+39.8%)	$112,700 → $145,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $896 (+15.0%)	$817 → $860 (+5.3%)

Carlisle

Population

4,1624,187

Median household income

$73,380$98,333

Median home value

$148,900$208,100

Median gross rent

$779$896

Milo

Population

856773

Median household income

$56,932$76,250

Median home value

$112,700$145,400

Median gross rent

$817$860

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Milo
Under 5	7.5%	7.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	16.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Milo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Milo
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Milo
Drove alone	77.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	8.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Milo
1-unit, detached	80.5%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Milo
Poverty rate	4.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1973	1963