Lakeland vs Millington

A side-by-side comparison of Lakeland and Millington: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakeland and Millington are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakeland has the higher population (14,068 vs 11,117 in Millington). Lakeland has the higher median household income ($113,843 vs $51,695 in Millington). Lakeland has the higher median home value ($373,800 vs $172,800 in Millington).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeland	Millington
Population	14,068	11,117
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$113,843	$51,695
Median home value	$373,800	$172,800
Median gross rent	$1,611	$1,059
Housing units	5,270	4,969
Homeownership rate	80.2%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeland	Millington
Population	12,606 → 14,068 (+11.6%)	10,645 → 11,117 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$103,074 → $113,843 (+10.4%)	$52,500 → $51,695 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$257,400 → $373,800 (+45.2%)	$129,000 → $172,800 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,611 (+34.3%)	$939 → $1,059 (+12.8%)

Lakeland

Population

12,60614,068

Median household income

$103,074$113,843

Median home value

$257,400$373,800

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,611

Millington

Population

10,64511,117

Median household income

$52,500$51,695

Median home value

$129,000$172,800

Median gross rent

$939$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeland	Millington
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	21.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.9%
75 and over	5.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeland	Millington
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	49.5%
Black or African American	11.8%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeland	Millington
No high school diploma	1.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeland	Millington
Drove alone	80.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeland	Millington
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakeland	Millington
Poverty rate	2.4%	14.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1998	1972