Milford vs Walled Lake

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

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

Walled Lake has the higher population (7,275 vs 6,467 in Milford). Milford has the higher median household income ($102,521 vs $67,335 in Walled Lake). Milford has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $213,000 in Walled Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Walled Lake
Population	6,467	7,275
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,521	$67,335
Median home value	$348,600	$213,000
Median gross rent	$1,058	$1,304
Housing units	2,767	3,583
Homeownership rate	75.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Walled Lake
Population	6,499 → 6,467 (-0.5%)	7,173 → 7,275 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$78,446 → $102,521 (+30.7%)	$52,313 → $67,335 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $348,600 (+35.8%)	$146,900 → $213,000 (+45.0%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $1,058 (+35.3%)	$1,037 → $1,304 (+25.7%)

Milford

Population

6,4996,467

Median household income

$78,446$102,521

Median home value

$256,700$348,600

Median gross rent

$782$1,058

Walled Lake

Population

7,1737,275

Median household income

$52,313$67,335

Median home value

$146,900$213,000

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Walled Lake
Under 5	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.5%
75 and over	8.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Walled Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	83.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Walled Lake
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	18.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Walled Lake
Drove alone	76.0%	79.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Walled Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	36.6%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	15.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	13.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Walled Lake
Poverty rate	8.6%	11.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1976	1979