Milan vs Sandusky

A side-by-side comparison of Milan and Sandusky: population, income, housing, and more.

Milan and Sandusky are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sandusky has the higher population (24,748 vs 1,591 in Milan). Milan has the higher median household income ($95,566 vs $47,827 in Sandusky). Milan has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $104,800 in Sandusky).

Population, income & housing

	Milan	Sandusky
Population	1,591	24,748
Median age	40.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,566	$47,827
Median home value	$185,400	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,033	$848
Housing units	559	13,277
Homeownership rate	77.1%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milan	Sandusky
Population	1,279 → 1,591 (+24.4%)	24,829 → 24,748 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$65,921 → $95,566 (+45.0%)	$38,380 → $47,827 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $185,400 (+29.3%)	$86,600 → $104,800 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $1,033 (+33.8%)	$724 → $848 (+17.1%)

Milan

Population

1,2791,591

Median household income

$65,921$95,566

Median home value

$143,400$185,400

Median gross rent

$772$1,033

Sandusky

Population

24,82924,748

Median household income

$38,380$47,827

Median home value

$86,600$104,800

Median gross rent

$724$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milan	Sandusky
Under 5	12.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	7.2%	17.1%
35 to 44	16.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.6%
75 and over	11.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milan	Sandusky
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	21.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milan	Sandusky
No high school diploma	2.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	35.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milan	Sandusky
Drove alone	81.8%	78.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milan	Sandusky
1-unit, detached	94.8%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	15.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Milan	Sandusky
Poverty rate	4.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1954	1954