Milford vs Southbridge Town

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

Milford and Southbridge Town 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 17,806 in Southbridge Town). Milford has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Milford has the higher median home value ($429,800 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Southbridge Town
Population	27,919	17,806
Median age	38.6 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,992	$59,397
Median home value	$429,800	$267,000
Median gross rent	$1,702	$1,157
Housing units	10,758	7,644
Homeownership rate	65.3%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Southbridge Town
Population	26,084 → 27,919 (+7.0%)	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$80,371 → $88,992 (+10.7%)	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,800 (+41.7%)	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,702 (+38.0%)	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)

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

Southbridge Town

Population

16,88717,806

Median household income

$51,270$59,397

Median home value

$198,400$267,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Southbridge Town
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.9%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Southbridge Town
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	53.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	40.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Southbridge Town
No high school diploma	13.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Southbridge Town
Drove alone	67.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.4%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.3%
Other means	10.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Southbridge Town
1-unit, detached	54.2%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	15.7%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Southbridge Town
Poverty rate	9.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1968	1952