Leominster vs Milford

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

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

Leominster has the higher population (43,697 vs 27,919 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $81,556 in Leominster). Milford has the higher median home value ($429,800 vs $345,000 in Leominster).

Population, income & housing

	Leominster	Milford
Population	43,697	27,919
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,556	$88,992
Median home value	$345,000	$429,800
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,702
Housing units	18,957	10,758
Homeownership rate	62.9%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leominster	Milford
Population	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)	26,084 → 27,919 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)	$80,371 → $88,992 (+10.7%)
Median home value	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)	$303,300 → $429,800 (+41.7%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)	$1,233 → $1,702 (+38.0%)

Leominster

Population

41,60643,697

Median household income

$61,825$81,556

Median home value

$241,800$345,000

Median gross rent

$973$1,282

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)

	Leominster	Milford
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	7.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leominster	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	64.4%
Black or African American	4.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	4.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leominster	Milford
No high school diploma	9.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	30.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leominster	Milford
Drove alone	79.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	12.6%
Other means	0.3%	10.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leominster	Milford
1-unit, detached	48.7%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	7.9%
20 or more units	11.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Leominster	Milford
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1966	1968