Frenchtown vs Milford

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

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

Frenchtown has the higher population (1,609 vs 1,306 in Milford). Frenchtown has the higher median household income ($107,969 vs $88,295 in Milford). Frenchtown has the higher median home value ($368,700 vs $304,100 in Milford).

Population, income & housing

	Frenchtown	Milford
Population	1,609	1,306
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,969	$88,295
Median home value	$368,700	$304,100
Median gross rent	$1,699	$1,476
Housing units	696	578
Homeownership rate	55.9%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frenchtown	Milford
Population	1,464 → 1,609 (+9.9%)	1,298 → 1,306 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$73,611 → $107,969 (+46.7%)	$90,577 → $88,295 (-2.5%)
Median home value	$302,100 → $368,700 (+22.0%)	$259,000 → $304,100 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,699 (+27.3%)	$1,301 → $1,476 (+13.5%)

Frenchtown

Population

1,4641,609

Median household income

$73,611$107,969

Median home value

$302,100$368,700

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,699

Milford

Population

1,2981,306

Median household income

$90,577$88,295

Median home value

$259,000$304,100

Median gross rent

$1,301$1,476

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frenchtown	Milford
Under 5	3.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.6%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.2%
75 and over	8.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frenchtown	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frenchtown	Milford
No high school diploma	2.7%	7.3%
High school graduate	19.4%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frenchtown	Milford
Drove alone	64.2%	69.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.3%
Public transit	4.4%	1.9%
Walked	7.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.7%	17.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frenchtown	Milford
1-unit, detached	55.9%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Frenchtown	Milford
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1938	1955