Great Bend vs New Milford

A side-by-side comparison of Great Bend and New Milford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Milford has the higher population (695 vs 600 in Great Bend). New Milford has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $45,750 in Great Bend). New Milford has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $148,400 in Great Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Great Bend	New Milford
Population	600	695
Median age	57.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$51,250
Median home value	$148,400	$162,500
Median gross rent	$748	$938
Housing units	337	354
Homeownership rate	64.4%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Bend	New Milford
Population	973 → 600 (-38.3%)	915 → 695 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $45,750 (+9.5%)	$44,563 → $51,250 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $148,400 (+29.6%)	$129,300 → $162,500 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $748 (-12.2%)	$775 → $938 (+21.0%)

Great Bend

Population

973600

Median household income

$41,786$45,750

Median home value

$114,500$148,400

Median gross rent

$852$748

New Milford

Population

915695

Median household income

$44,563$51,250

Median home value

$129,300$162,500

Median gross rent

$775$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Bend	New Milford
Under 5	1.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	20.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	20.0%	11.5%
75 and over	12.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Bend	New Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Bend	New Milford
No high school diploma	15.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	49.3%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Bend	New Milford
Drove alone	66.3%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.6%	18.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Bend	New Milford
1-unit, detached	59.9%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	18.1%
20 or more units	10.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Great Bend	New Milford
Poverty rate	8.2%	22.0%
Average household size	1.96	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1963	1938