Fitchburg vs Milford

A side-by-side comparison of Fitchburg and Milford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fitchburg has the higher population (41,633 vs 27,919 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $70,659 in Fitchburg). Milford has the higher median home value ($429,800 vs $295,500 in Fitchburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fitchburg	Milford
Population	41,633	27,919
Median age	37.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,659	$88,992
Median home value	$295,500	$429,800
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,702
Housing units	17,945	10,758
Homeownership rate	56.4%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fitchburg	Milford
Population	40,702 → 41,633 (+2.3%)	26,084 → 27,919 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$57,207 → $70,659 (+23.5%)	$80,371 → $88,992 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $295,500 (+50.3%)	$303,300 → $429,800 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,131 (+11.3%)	$1,233 → $1,702 (+38.0%)

Fitchburg

Population

40,70241,633

Median household income

$57,207$70,659

Median home value

$196,600$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,131

Milford

Population

26,08427,919

Median household income

$80,371$88,992

Median home value

$303,300$429,800

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fitchburg	Milford
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fitchburg	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	64.4%
Black or African American	5.7%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	4.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fitchburg	Milford
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fitchburg	Milford
Drove alone	73.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.9%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.6%
Other means	1.3%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fitchburg	Milford
1-unit, detached	44.5%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	7.9%
20 or more units	10.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fitchburg	Milford
Poverty rate	15.5%	9.0%
Average household size	2.37	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1950	1968