Dedham vs Milton

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

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

Milton has the higher population (28,481 vs 25,109 in Dedham). Milton has the higher median household income ($178,053 vs $124,375 in Dedham). Milton has the higher median home value ($896,500 vs $630,400 in Dedham).

Population, income & housing

	Dedham	Milton
Population	25,109	28,481
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$124,375	$178,053
Median home value	$630,400	$896,500
Median gross rent	$2,058	$1,503
Housing units	10,648	9,402
Homeownership rate	72.7%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dedham	Milton
Population	25,283 → 25,109 (-0.7%)	27,572 → 28,481 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$100,757 → $124,375 (+23.4%)	$133,718 → $178,053 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$461,200 → $630,400 (+36.7%)	$618,800 → $896,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,669 → $2,058 (+23.3%)	$1,330 → $1,503 (+13.0%)

Dedham

Population

25,28325,109

Median household income

$100,757$124,375

Median home value

$461,200$630,400

Median gross rent

$1,669$2,058

Milton

Population

27,57228,481

Median household income

$133,718$178,053

Median home value

$618,800$896,500

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dedham	Milton
Under 5	5.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.3%
75 and over	9.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dedham	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	14.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dedham	Milton
No high school diploma	5.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	12.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	37.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dedham	Milton
Drove alone	65.2%	56.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	3.8%
Public transit	5.4%	8.8%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.6%	25.6%
Other means	0.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dedham	Milton
1-unit, detached	64.7%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	2.1%
20 or more units	13.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dedham	Milton
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1955	1944