Clara City vs Milan

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

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

Clara City has the higher population (1,497 vs 498 in Milan). Clara City has the higher median household income ($58,431 vs $50,625 in Milan). Clara City has the higher median home value ($116,500 vs $70,000 in Milan).

Population, income & housing

	Clara City	Milan
Population	1,497	498
Median age	36.5 yrs	31.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,431	$50,625
Median home value	$116,500	$70,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,102
Housing units	677	189
Homeownership rate	66.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	16.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clara City	Milan
Population	1,402 → 1,497 (+6.8%)	308 → 498 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$54,286 → $58,431 (+7.6%)	$38,333 → $50,625 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $116,500 (-0.9%)	$53,200 → $70,000 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $1,063 (+55.2%)	$519 → $1,102 (+112.3%)

Clara City

Population

1,4021,497

Median household income

$54,286$58,431

Median home value

$117,500$116,500

Median gross rent

$685$1,063

Milan

Population

308498

Median household income

$38,333$50,625

Median home value

$53,200$70,000

Median gross rent

$519$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clara City	Milan
Under 5	7.1%	15.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	23.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.0%
75 and over	8.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clara City	Milan
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	36.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	41.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clara City	Milan
No high school diploma	11.4%	25.2%
High school graduate	40.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clara City	Milan
Drove alone	78.8%	60.0%
Carpooled	15.9%	37.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.7%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clara City	Milan
1-unit, detached	89.2%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clara City	Milan
Poverty rate	9.8%	29.6%
Average household size	2.40	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	16	36
Median year structure built	1953	1938