Piqua vs West Milton

A side-by-side comparison of Piqua and West Milton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piqua has the higher population (20,533 vs 4,740 in West Milton). Piqua has the higher median household income ($63,770 vs $59,522 in West Milton). Piqua has the higher median home value ($124,900 vs $120,200 in West Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Piqua	West Milton
Population	20,533	4,740
Median age	38.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,770	$59,522
Median home value	$124,900	$120,200
Median gross rent	$896	$884
Housing units	9,372	2,282
Homeownership rate	63.8%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piqua	West Milton
Population	21,028 → 20,533 (-2.4%)	4,752 → 4,740 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$43,061 → $63,770 (+48.1%)	$42,594 → $59,522 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $124,900 (+43.4%)	$111,900 → $120,200 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $896 (+22.1%)	$653 → $884 (+35.4%)

Piqua

Population

21,02820,533

Median household income

$43,061$63,770

Median home value

$87,100$124,900

Median gross rent

$734$896

West Milton

Population

4,7524,740

Median household income

$42,594$59,522

Median home value

$111,900$120,200

Median gross rent

$653$884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piqua	West Milton
Under 5	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piqua	West Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piqua	West Milton
No high school diploma	11.5%	11.3%
High school graduate	44.2%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piqua	West Milton
Drove alone	80.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piqua	West Milton
1-unit, detached	74.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Piqua	West Milton
Poverty rate	15.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1952	1970