Milford vs Utica

A side-by-side comparison of Milford and Utica: population, income, housing, and more.

Milford and Utica are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milford has the higher population (2,656 vs 1,092 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($81,797 vs $80,997 in Milford). Milford has the higher median home value ($225,200 vs $179,700 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Utica
Population	2,656	1,092
Median age	31.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,997	$81,797
Median home value	$225,200	$179,700
Median gross rent	$892	$843
Housing units	1,002	406
Homeownership rate	64.7%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Utica
Population	2,363 → 2,656 (+12.4%)	922 → 1,092 (+18.4%)
Median household income	$53,934 → $80,997 (+50.2%)	$69,643 → $81,797 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$160,300 → $225,200 (+40.5%)	$131,400 → $179,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $892 (+36.2%)	$750 → $843 (+12.4%)

Milford

Population

2,3632,656

Median household income

$53,934$80,997

Median home value

$160,300$225,200

Median gross rent

$655$892

Utica

Population

9221,092

Median household income

$69,643$81,797

Median home value

$131,400$179,700

Median gross rent

$750$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milford	Utica
Under 5	4.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	22.0%	23.4%
18 to 24	18.0%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Utica
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.5%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Utica
Drove alone	79.9%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Utica
1-unit, detached	73.3%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Utica
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1967	1954