Essex Junction vs Milton

A side-by-side comparison of Essex Junction and Milton: population, income, housing, and more.

Essex Junction and Milton are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Essex Junction has the higher population (10,720 vs 3,510 in Milton). Essex Junction has the higher median household income ($94,423 vs $82,750 in Milton). Essex Junction has the higher median home value ($376,800 vs $309,000 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Junction	Milton
Population	10,720	3,510
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,423	$82,750
Median home value	$376,800	$309,000
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,643
Housing units	4,852	1,290
Homeownership rate	61.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Junction	Milton
Population	10,603 → 10,720 (+1.1%)	2,507 → 3,510 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$80,019 → $94,423 (+18.0%)	$70,000 → $82,750 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$298,200 → $376,800 (+26.4%)	$255,400 → $309,000 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,439 (+9.6%)	$1,169 → $1,643 (+40.5%)

Essex Junction

Population

10,60310,720

Median household income

$80,019$94,423

Median home value

$298,200$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,439

Milton

Population

2,5073,510

Median household income

$70,000$82,750

Median home value

$255,400$309,000

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Essex Junction	Milton
Under 5	6.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	19.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	24.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.3%
75 and over	6.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Junction	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Junction	Milton
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	16.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Junction	Milton
Drove alone	70.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.9%
Worked from home	15.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Junction	Milton
1-unit, detached	49.9%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	12.5%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	14.7%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Essex Junction	Milton
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1982	1987