Elwood vs Miller Place

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

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

Miller Place has the higher population (11,743 vs 11,140 in Elwood). Elwood has the higher median household income ($170,987 vs $141,938 in Miller Place). Elwood has the higher median home value ($664,200 vs $588,100 in Miller Place).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Miller Place
Population	11,140	11,743
Median age	47.2 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$170,987	$141,938
Median home value	$664,200	$588,100
Median gross rent	$1,455	$1,222
Housing units	3,866	4,355
Homeownership rate	96.6%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Miller Place
Population	11,498 → 11,140 (-3.1%)	12,016 → 11,743 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$116,144 → $170,987 (+47.2%)	$130,341 → $141,938 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$537,200 → $664,200 (+23.6%)	$443,200 → $588,100 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,393 → $1,455 (-39.2%)	$1,812 → $1,222 (-32.6%)

Elwood

Population

11,49811,140

Median household income

$116,144$170,987

Median home value

$537,200$664,200

Median gross rent

$2,393$1,455

Miller Place

Population

12,01611,743

Median household income

$130,341$141,938

Median home value

$443,200$588,100

Median gross rent

$1,812$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Miller Place
Under 5	4.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	21.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.2%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Miller Place
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	80.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	2.2%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Miller Place
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Miller Place
Drove alone	65.1%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.8%
Public transit	11.8%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	12.3%
Other means	0.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Miller Place
1-unit, detached	90.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Miller Place
Poverty rate	3.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	43	32
Median year structure built	1963	1978