Milford vs Worcester

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

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

Worcester has the higher population (205,501 vs 27,919 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($88,992 vs $67,544 in Worcester). Milford has the higher median home value ($429,800 vs $339,500 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Worcester
Population	27,919	205,501
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,992	$67,544
Median home value	$429,800	$339,500
Median gross rent	$1,702	$1,415
Housing units	10,758	85,371
Homeownership rate	65.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Worcester
Population	26,084 → 27,919 (+7.0%)	185,143 → 205,501 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$80,371 → $88,992 (+10.7%)	$48,139 → $67,544 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,800 (+41.7%)	$227,100 → $339,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,233 → $1,702 (+38.0%)	$1,095 → $1,415 (+29.2%)

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

Worcester

Population

185,143205,501

Median household income

$48,139$67,544

Median home value

$227,100$339,500

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Worcester
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	14.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.9%
75 and over	7.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	64.4%	50.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	4.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	10.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Worcester
No high school diploma	13.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	31.1%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Worcester
Drove alone	67.2%	65.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.9%	2.7%
Walked	1.6%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.7%
Other means	10.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Worcester
1-unit, detached	54.2%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	13.9%
20 or more units	5.6%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Worcester
Poverty rate	9.0%	19.8%
Average household size	2.66	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1968	1951