Milan vs Ypsilanti

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

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

Ypsilanti has the higher population (19,937 vs 6,070 in Milan). Milan has the higher median household income ($93,016 vs $44,141 in Ypsilanti). Milan has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $223,700 in Ypsilanti).

Population, income & housing

	Milan	Ypsilanti
Population	6,070	19,937
Median age	37.2 yrs	27.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,016	$44,141
Median home value	$233,700	$223,700
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,034
Housing units	2,707	9,352
Homeownership rate	70.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milan	Ypsilanti
Population	6,107 → 6,070 (-0.6%)	20,828 → 19,937 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$71,402 → $93,016 (+30.3%)	$39,332 → $44,141 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$170,200 → $233,700 (+37.3%)	$151,300 → $223,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,083 (+17.6%)	$854 → $1,034 (+21.1%)

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

Ypsilanti

Population

20,82819,937

Median household income

$39,332$44,141

Median home value

$151,300$223,700

Median gross rent

$854$1,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milan	Ypsilanti
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	29.5%
25 to 34	16.3%	19.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.6%
75 and over	5.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milan	Ypsilanti
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	57.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milan	Ypsilanti
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	19.0%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milan	Ypsilanti
Drove alone	73.9%	58.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	8.8%
Public transit	0.6%	7.8%
Walked	5.9%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.9%	15.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milan	Ypsilanti
1-unit, detached	65.3%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	23.8%
20 or more units	1.3%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Milan	Ypsilanti
Poverty rate	9.4%	25.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1969	1956