Milroy vs Vesta

A side-by-side comparison of Milroy and Vesta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Vesta has the higher population (311 vs 213 in Milroy). Vesta has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $61,875 in Milroy). Vesta has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $103,100 in Milroy).

Population, income & housing

	Milroy	Vesta
Population	213	311
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$67,500
Median home value	$103,100	$104,300
Median gross rent	$550	—
Housing units	99	131
Homeownership rate	85.5%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milroy	Vesta
Population	222 → 213 (-4.1%)	288 → 311 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $61,875 (+20.7%)	$47,083 → $67,500 (+43.4%)
Median home value	$73,900 → $103,100 (+39.5%)	$67,100 → $104,300 (+55.4%)
Median gross rent	$436 → $550 (+26.1%)	—

Milroy

Population

222213

Median household income

$51,250$61,875

Median home value

$73,900$103,100

Median gross rent

$436$550

Vesta

Population

288311

Median household income

$47,083$67,500

Median home value

$67,100$104,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milroy	Vesta
Under 5	11.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.8%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	24.8%
45 to 54	11.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	6.4%
75 and over	3.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milroy	Vesta
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milroy	Vesta
No high school diploma	1.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	53.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milroy	Vesta
Drove alone	74.0%	89.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.8%	3.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milroy	Vesta
1-unit, detached	79.8%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Milroy	Vesta
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1962	1960