Milford vs Wolverine Lake

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

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

Milford has the higher population (6,467 vs 4,476 in Wolverine Lake). Milford has the higher median household income ($102,521 vs $88,423 in Wolverine Lake). Milford has the higher median home value ($348,600 vs $270,400 in Wolverine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
Population	6,467	4,476
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,521	$88,423
Median home value	$348,600	$270,400
Median gross rent	$1,058	$1,678
Housing units	2,767	2,013
Homeownership rate	75.4%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
Population	6,499 → 6,467 (-0.5%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$78,446 → $102,521 (+30.7%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$256,700 → $348,600 (+35.8%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$782 → $1,058 (+35.3%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

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

Wolverine Lake

Population

4,6484,476

Median household income

$85,019$88,423

Median home value

$197,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	5.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.6%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	20.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.2%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	87.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	18.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	76.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	14.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1976	1972