Burnham vs Milroy

A side-by-side comparison of Burnham and Milroy: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnham and Milroy are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burnham has the higher population (1,735 vs 1,393 in Milroy). Milroy has the higher median household income ($71,366 vs $62,350 in Burnham). Burnham has the higher median home value ($130,800 vs $110,100 in Milroy).

Population, income & housing

	Burnham	Milroy
Population	1,735	1,393
Median age	37.7 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,350	$71,366
Median home value	$130,800	$110,100
Median gross rent	$743	$686
Housing units	911	743
Homeownership rate	72.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnham	Milroy
Population	1,906 → 1,735 (-9.0%)	1,246 → 1,393 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$50,846 → $62,350 (+22.6%)	$38,798 → $71,366 (+83.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $130,800 (+58.2%)	$94,900 → $110,100 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $743 (+0.3%)	$646 → $686 (+6.2%)

Burnham

Population

1,9061,735

Median household income

$50,846$62,350

Median home value

$82,700$130,800

Median gross rent

$741$743

Milroy

Population

1,2461,393

Median household income

$38,798$71,366

Median home value

$94,900$110,100

Median gross rent

$646$686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnham	Milroy
Under 5	9.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.7%
25 to 34	21.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	21.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.6%
75 and over	8.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnham	Milroy
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	85.6%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.0%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnham	Milroy
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	51.1%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnham	Milroy
Drove alone	88.3%	92.7%
Carpooled	1.8%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnham	Milroy
1-unit, detached	70.7%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Burnham	Milroy
Poverty rate	11.3%	31.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1954	1949