Milton vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Milton and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milton has the higher population (6,582 vs 5,695 in Mount Carmel). Milton has the higher median household income ($53,552 vs $52,667 in Mount Carmel). Milton has the higher median home value ($172,100 vs $74,700 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Mount Carmel
Population	6,582	5,695
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,552	$52,667
Median home value	$172,100	$74,700
Median gross rent	$902	$796
Housing units	3,072	3,203
Homeownership rate	45.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Mount Carmel
Population	6,697 → 6,582 (-1.7%)	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $53,552 (+9.3%)	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $172,100 (+30.9%)	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $902 (+32.6%)	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)

Milton

Population

6,6976,582

Median household income

$49,000$53,552

Median home value

$131,500$172,100

Median gross rent

$680$902

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milton	Mount Carmel
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.0%
75 and over	8.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	50.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	87.0%	74.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	43.7%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	50.1%
2 to 4 units	27.3%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	11.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	12.3%	16.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938