Barboursville vs Milton

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

Barboursville and Milton are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Barboursville has the higher population (4,394 vs 2,773 in Milton). Barboursville has the higher median household income ($59,531 vs $54,135 in Milton). Barboursville has the higher median home value ($212,000 vs $123,500 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Barboursville	Milton
Population	4,394	2,773
Median age	35.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,531	$54,135
Median home value	$212,000	$123,500
Median gross rent	$916	$1,050
Housing units	1,810	1,494
Homeownership rate	66.5%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barboursville	Milton
Population	4,268 → 4,394 (+3.0%)	2,586 → 2,773 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$48,846 → $59,531 (+21.9%)	$32,238 → $54,135 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$179,500 → $212,000 (+18.1%)	$119,200 → $123,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$789 → $916 (+16.1%)	$687 → $1,050 (+52.8%)

Barboursville

Population

4,2684,394

Median household income

$48,846$59,531

Median home value

$179,500$212,000

Median gross rent

$789$916

Milton

Population

2,5862,773

Median household income

$32,238$54,135

Median home value

$119,200$123,500

Median gross rent

$687$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barboursville	Milton
Under 5	5.6%	11.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	23.4%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.8%
75 and over	8.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barboursville	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	99.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barboursville	Milton
No high school diploma	9.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	30.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barboursville	Milton
Drove alone	76.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barboursville	Milton
1-unit, detached	55.8%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Barboursville	Milton
Poverty rate	11.7%	12.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1977	1996