Highland Park vs Milroy

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

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

Highland Park has the higher population (1,417 vs 1,393 in Milroy). Milroy has the higher median household income ($71,366 vs $64,044 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($182,000 vs $110,100 in Milroy).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Milroy
Population	1,417	1,393
Median age	42.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,044	$71,366
Median home value	$182,000	$110,100
Median gross rent	$918	$686
Housing units	563	743
Homeownership rate	66.7%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Milroy
Population	1,504 → 1,417 (-5.8%)	1,246 → 1,393 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$35,861 → $64,044 (+78.6%)	$38,798 → $71,366 (+83.9%)
Median home value	$158,700 → $182,000 (+14.7%)	$94,900 → $110,100 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $918 (+24.9%)	$646 → $686 (+6.2%)

Highland Park

Population

1,5041,417

Median household income

$35,861$64,044

Median home value

$158,700$182,000

Median gross rent

$735$918

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)

	Highland Park	Milroy
Under 5	8.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	4.6%	21.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.6%
75 and over	14.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Milroy
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.7%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Milroy
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	49.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Milroy
Drove alone	51.8%	92.7%
Carpooled	40.3%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Milroy
1-unit, detached	68.6%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Milroy
Poverty rate	2.6%	31.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1964	1949