Milaca vs Onamia

A side-by-side comparison of Milaca and Onamia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milaca has the higher population (3,033 vs 731 in Onamia). Milaca has the higher median household income ($49,063 vs $26,827 in Onamia). Milaca has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $126,200 in Onamia).

Population, income & housing

	Milaca	Onamia
Population	3,033	731
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,063	$26,827
Median home value	$184,900	$126,200
Median gross rent	$854	$600
Housing units	1,638	378
Homeownership rate	64.5%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milaca	Onamia
Population	2,901 → 3,033 (+4.6%)	946 → 731 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$41,801 → $49,063 (+17.4%)	$33,274 → $26,827 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $184,900 (+42.6%)	$87,300 → $126,200 (+44.6%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $854 (+13.3%)	$654 → $600 (-8.3%)

Milaca

Population

2,9013,033

Median household income

$41,801$49,063

Median home value

$129,700$184,900

Median gross rent

$754$854

Onamia

Population

946731

Median household income

$33,274$26,827

Median home value

$87,300$126,200

Median gross rent

$654$600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milaca	Onamia
Under 5	6.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.4%
75 and over	9.8%	18.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milaca	Onamia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	83.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	4.5%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milaca	Onamia
No high school diploma	10.1%	11.1%
High school graduate	31.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milaca	Onamia
Drove alone	78.0%	65.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	16.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.8%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milaca	Onamia
1-unit, detached	50.9%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	16.9%
20 or more units	16.5%	16.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Milaca	Onamia
Poverty rate	17.0%	27.9%
Average household size	1.86	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1977	1969