Milan vs Whitmore Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Milan and Whitmore Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitmore Lake has the higher population (8,083 vs 6,070 in Milan). Milan has the higher median household income ($93,016 vs $78,038 in Whitmore Lake). Whitmore Lake has the higher median home value ($270,300 vs $233,700 in Milan).

Population, income & housing

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
Population	6,070	8,083
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,016	$78,038
Median home value	$233,700	$270,300
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,268
Housing units	2,707	3,723
Homeownership rate	70.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
Population	6,107 → 6,070 (-0.6%)	6,618 → 8,083 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$71,402 → $93,016 (+30.3%)	$61,004 → $78,038 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $233,700 (+37.3%)	$174,800 → $270,300 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,083 (+17.6%)	$986 → $1,268 (+28.6%)

Milan

Population

6,1076,070

Median household income

$71,402$93,016

Median home value

$170,200$233,700

Median gross rent

$921$1,083

Whitmore Lake

Population

6,6188,083

Median household income

$61,004$78,038

Median home value

$174,800$270,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
Under 5	5.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	19.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
Drove alone	73.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	13.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
1-unit, detached	65.3%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Milan	Whitmore Lake
Poverty rate	9.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1969	1986