Elwood vs Milmay

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Milmay: population, income, housing, and more.

Elwood and Milmay are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milmay has the higher population (950 vs 920 in Elwood). Elwood has the higher median household income ($68,698 vs $60,110 in Milmay). Milmay has the higher median home value ($235,600 vs $170,300 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Milmay
Population	920	950
Median age	62.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,698	$60,110
Median home value	$170,300	$235,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,247
Housing units	445	473
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Milmay
Population	1,041 → 920 (-11.6%)	1,282 → 950 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$78,460 → $68,698 (-12.4%)	$60,735 → $60,110 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $170,300 (-22.2%)	$233,700 → $235,600 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,356 → $1,247 (-8.0%)

Elwood

Population

1,041920

Median household income

$78,460$68,698

Median home value

$218,800$170,300

Milmay

Population

1,282950

Median household income

$60,735$60,110

Median home value

$233,700$235,600

Median gross rent

$1,356$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Milmay
Under 5	1.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	14.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	1.6%	2.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	20.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	25.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	35.8%	24.7%
75 and over	6.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Milmay
White (non-Hispanic)	48.6%	95.3%
Black or African American	16.8%	4.7%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Milmay
No high school diploma	37.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Milmay
Drove alone	85.5%	56.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.6%
Other means	5.0%	11.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Milmay
1-unit, detached	94.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Milmay
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.8%
Average household size	1.86	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1972	1971