Lesage vs Milton

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

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

Milton has the higher population (2,773 vs 1,165 in Lesage). Milton has the higher median household income ($54,135 vs $38,944 in Lesage). Since 2019, Lesage's population has grown faster (+49.7% vs +7.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lesage	Milton
Population	1,165	2,773
Median age	35.1 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,944	$54,135
Median home value	—	$123,500
Median gross rent	$758	$1,050
Housing units	657	1,494
Homeownership rate	30.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesage	Milton
Population	778 → 1,165 (+49.7%)	2,586 → 2,773 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$41,552 → $38,944 (-6.3%)	$32,238 → $54,135 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$113,200 → $129,000 (+14.0%)	$119,200 → $123,500 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $758 (+21.5%)	$687 → $1,050 (+52.8%)

Lesage

Population

7781,165

Median household income

$41,552$38,944

Median home value

$113,200$129,000

Median gross rent

$624$758

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)

	Lesage	Milton
Under 5	8.5%	11.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	5.3%
45 to 54	22.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.2%	22.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	1.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesage	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	99.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesage	Milton
No high school diploma	0.6%	12.3%
High school graduate	47.5%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesage	Milton
Drove alone	94.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesage	Milton
1-unit, detached	51.4%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	22.3%

Poverty & households

	Lesage	Milton
Poverty rate	27.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1976	1996