Cornwells Heights vs Milford Square

A side-by-side comparison of Cornwells Heights and Milford Square: population, income, housing, and more.

Cornwells Heights and Milford Square are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cornwells Heights has the higher population (1,279 vs 1,274 in Milford Square). Milford Square has the higher median household income ($180,000 vs $86,917 in Cornwells Heights). Cornwells Heights has the higher median home value ($350,400 vs $313,200 in Milford Square).

Population, income & housing

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
Population	1,279	1,274
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$86,917	$180,000
Median home value	$350,400	$313,200
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	560	472
Homeownership rate	65.0%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
Population	1,182 → 1,279 (+8.2%)	1,034 → 1,274 (+23.2%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $86,917 (+91.8%)	$150,221 → $180,000 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$251,700 → $350,400 (+39.2%)	$253,000 → $313,200 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,049 (+22.7%)	—

Cornwells Heights

Population

1,1821,279

Median household income

$45,313$86,917

Median home value

$251,700$350,400

Median gross rent

$855$1,049

Milford Square

Population

1,0341,274

Median household income

$150,221$180,000

Median home value

$253,000$313,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
Under 5	4.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	25.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	5.8%
75 and over	10.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	83.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
No high school diploma	5.4%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
Drove alone	81.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	4.0%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
1-unit, detached	64.5%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	36.7%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cornwells Heights	Milford Square
Poverty rate	21.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1953	2001