Lewistown vs Milroy

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

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

Lewistown has the higher population (8,505 vs 1,393 in Milroy). Milroy has the higher median household income ($71,366 vs $40,179 in Lewistown). Milroy has the higher median home value ($110,100 vs $98,600 in Lewistown).

Population, income & housing

	Lewistown	Milroy
Population	8,505	1,393
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,179	$71,366
Median home value	$98,600	$110,100
Median gross rent	$765	$686
Housing units	4,470	743
Homeownership rate	40.6%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lewistown	Milroy
Population	8,194 → 8,505 (+3.8%)	1,246 → 1,393 (+11.8%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $40,179 (+12.9%)	$38,798 → $71,366 (+83.9%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $98,600 (+32.2%)	$94,900 → $110,100 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $765 (+17.9%)	$646 → $686 (+6.2%)

Lewistown

Population

8,1948,505

Median household income

$35,573$40,179

Median home value

$74,600$98,600

Median gross rent

$649$765

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)

	Lewistown	Milroy
Under 5	8.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	21.0%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	11.6%
75 and over	6.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lewistown	Milroy
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.3%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lewistown	Milroy
No high school diploma	16.7%	7.2%
High school graduate	48.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lewistown	Milroy
Drove alone	71.3%	92.7%
Carpooled	18.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lewistown	Milroy
1-unit, detached	44.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Lewistown	Milroy
Poverty rate	32.5%	31.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1938	1949