Indianola vs Milo

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

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

Indianola has the higher population (15,918 vs 773 in Milo). Indianola has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $76,250 in Milo). Indianola has the higher median home value ($228,100 vs $145,400 in Milo).

Population, income & housing

	Indianola	Milo
Population	15,918	773
Median age	35.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$76,250
Median home value	$228,100	$145,400
Median gross rent	$966	$860
Housing units	6,460	324
Homeownership rate	69.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indianola	Milo
Population	15,802 → 15,918 (+0.7%)	856 → 773 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$60,854 → $78,125 (+28.4%)	$56,932 → $76,250 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $228,100 (+39.7%)	$112,700 → $145,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $966 (+23.2%)	$817 → $860 (+5.3%)

Indianola

Population

15,80215,918

Median household income

$60,854$78,125

Median home value

$163,300$228,100

Median gross rent

$784$966

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)

	Indianola	Milo
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.5%
75 and over	8.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indianola	Milo
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indianola	Milo
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indianola	Milo
Drove alone	73.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	8.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indianola	Milo
1-unit, detached	60.1%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Indianola	Milo
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1980	1963