Huntington vs Milton

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

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

Huntington has the higher population (46,189 vs 2,773 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($54,135 vs $43,146 in Huntington). Milton has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $118,800 in Huntington).

Population, income & housing

	Huntington	Milton
Population	46,189	2,773
Median age	34.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,146	$54,135
Median home value	$118,800	$123,500
Median gross rent	$863	$1,050
Housing units	24,153	1,494
Homeownership rate	52.5%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntington	Milton
Population	46,667 → 46,189 (-1.0%)	2,586 → 2,773 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$31,162 → $43,146 (+38.5%)	$32,238 → $54,135 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $118,800 (+21.0%)	$119,200 → $123,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $863 (+21.2%)	$687 → $1,050 (+52.8%)

Huntington

Population

46,66746,189

Median household income

$31,162$43,146

Median home value

$98,200$118,800

Median gross rent

$712$863

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)

	Huntington	Milton
Under 5	5.1%	11.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	19.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.5%	22.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.8%
75 and over	7.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntington	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	99.6%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntington	Milton
No high school diploma	10.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	25.4%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntington	Milton
Drove alone	71.9%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	8.0%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	9.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntington	Milton
1-unit, detached	65.1%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Huntington	Milton
Poverty rate	27.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1954	1996