Gardner vs Milford

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

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

Milford has the higher population (27,919 vs 21,075 in Gardner). Milford has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $62,948 in Gardner). Milford has the higher median home value ($429,800 vs $271,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Gardner	Milford
Population	21,075	27,919
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,948	$88,992
Median home value	$271,300	$429,800
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,702
Housing units	9,487	10,758
Homeownership rate	56.7%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardner	Milford
Population	20,610 → 21,075 (+2.3%)	26,084 → 27,919 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$49,679 → $62,948 (+26.7%)	$80,371 → $88,992 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $271,300 (+46.1%)	$303,300 → $429,800 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$838 → $1,071 (+27.8%)	$1,233 → $1,702 (+38.0%)

Gardner

Population

20,61021,075

Median household income

$49,679$62,948

Median home value

$185,700$271,300

Median gross rent

$838$1,071

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)

	Gardner	Milford
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardner	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	64.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	4.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardner	Milford
No high school diploma	12.6%	13.7%
High school graduate	33.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardner	Milford
Drove alone	69.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.0%
Public transit	2.2%	0.9%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.6%
Other means	3.4%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardner	Milford
1-unit, detached	47.5%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	13.9%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gardner	Milford
Poverty rate	14.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1953	1968