Durham vs Milton

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Milton: population, income, housing, and more.

Durham and Milton are places in New Hampshire. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Durham has the higher population (10,577 vs 382 in Milton). Durham has the higher median household income ($109,934 vs $55,313 in Milton). Durham has the higher median home value ($451,000 vs $225,000 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Milton
Population	10,577	382
Median age	20.0 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,934	$55,313
Median home value	$451,000	$225,000
Median gross rent	$1,338	$1,075
Housing units	2,088	220
Homeownership rate	54.9%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Milton
Population	11,159 → 10,577 (-5.2%)	400 → 382 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$53,523 → $109,934 (+105.4%)	$63,974 → $55,313 (-13.5%)
Median home value	$348,500 → $451,000 (+29.4%)	$159,700 → $225,000 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$942 → $1,338 (+42.0%)	$686 → $1,075 (+56.7%)

Durham

Population

11,15910,577

Median household income

$53,523$109,934

Median home value

$348,500$451,000

Median gross rent

$942$1,338

Milton

Population

400382

Median household income

$63,974$55,313

Median home value

$159,700$225,000

Median gross rent

$686$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Milton
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	9.7%
18 to 24	74.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.8%
35 to 44	3.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	29.3%
55 to 64	3.3%	27.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	17.8%
75 and over	3.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	9.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Milton
No high school diploma	2.1%	19.3%
High school graduate	8.8%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	37.9%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Milton
Drove alone	42.0%	86.1%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	35.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	13.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Milton
1-unit, detached	39.6%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	32.3%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	26.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Milton
Poverty rate	14.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.53	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1971	1938