Lake Milton vs Petersburg

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

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

Lake Milton has the higher population (533 vs 308 in Petersburg). Lake Milton has the higher median home value ($391,200 vs $88,900 in Petersburg). Since 2019, Lake Milton's population has grown faster (-16.1% vs -34.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
Population	533	308
Median age	47.7 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,000	—
Median home value	$391,200	$88,900
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	452	110
Homeownership rate	87.1%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
Population	635 → 533 (-16.1%)	472 → 308 (-34.7%)
Median household income	$39,056 → $94,000 (+140.7%)	$41,823 → $46,667 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$122,700 → $391,200 (+218.8%)	$93,500 → $88,900 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $817 (+10.4%)	—

Lake Milton

Population

635533

Median household income

$39,056$94,000

Median home value

$122,700$391,200

Median gross rent

$740$817

Petersburg

Population

472308

Median household income

$41,823$46,667

Median home value

$93,500$88,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
Under 5	11.8%	20.5%
5 to 17	7.9%	9.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	26.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	1.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	3.6%
75 and over	14.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.5%
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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
No high school diploma	1.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	33.8%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
Drove alone	82.8%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	14.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	68.4%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Milton	Petersburg
Poverty rate	8.1%	41.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1965	1975