Milton vs Pea Ridge

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

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

Pea Ridge has the higher population (7,188 vs 2,773 in Milton). Pea Ridge has the higher median household income ($67,708 vs $54,135 in Milton). Pea Ridge has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $123,500 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Milton	Pea Ridge
Population	2,773	7,188
Median age	50.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,135	$67,708
Median home value	$123,500	$186,900
Median gross rent	$1,050	$953
Housing units	1,494	3,583
Homeownership rate	62.0%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milton	Pea Ridge
Population	2,586 → 2,773 (+7.2%)	6,632 → 7,188 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$32,238 → $54,135 (+67.9%)	$47,893 → $67,708 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $123,500 (+3.6%)	$154,800 → $186,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $1,050 (+52.8%)	$825 → $953 (+15.5%)

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

Pea Ridge

Population

6,6327,188

Median household income

$47,893$67,708

Median home value

$154,800$186,900

Median gross rent

$825$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milton	Pea Ridge
Under 5	11.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	18.8%
35 to 44	5.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	14.2%
75 and over	13.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milton	Pea Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milton	Pea Ridge
No high school diploma	12.3%	4.9%
High school graduate	43.4%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milton	Pea Ridge
Drove alone	82.2%	84.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milton	Pea Ridge
1-unit, detached	52.7%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	18.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	22.3%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Milton	Pea Ridge
Poverty rate	12.1%	11.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1996	1976