Alma vs Milford

A side-by-side comparison of Alma and Milford: population, income, housing, and more.

Alma and Milford are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Milford has the higher population (1,033 vs 469 in Alma). Alma has the higher median home value ($281,300 vs $145,000 in Milford). Since 2019, Alma's population has grown faster (+47.5% vs +32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Alma	Milford
Population	469	1,033
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,300	—
Median home value	$281,300	$145,000
Median gross rent	$930	$933
Housing units	179	384
Homeownership rate	85.6%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alma	Milford
Population	318 → 469 (+47.5%)	782 → 1,033 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $105,300 (+64.6%)	$47,917 → $46,250 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$169,300 → $281,300 (+66.2%)	$85,000 → $145,000 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $930 (+17.1%)	$977 → $933 (-4.5%)

Alma

Population

318469

Median household income

$63,958$105,300

Median home value

$169,300$281,300

Median gross rent

$794$930

Milford

Population

7821,033

Median household income

$47,917$46,250

Median home value

$85,000$145,000

Median gross rent

$977$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alma	Milford
Under 5	2.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	13.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	15.5%
75 and over	5.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alma	Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	51.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	25.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alma	Milford
No high school diploma	13.3%	17.4%
High school graduate	31.6%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alma	Milford
Drove alone	79.6%	70.9%
Carpooled	1.8%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	3.2%
Other means	4.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alma	Milford
1-unit, detached	78.2%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Alma	Milford
Poverty rate	2.6%	19.9%
Average household size	2.93	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	2000	1953