Beloit vs Milton

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

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

Beloit has the higher population (36,554 vs 5,685 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($84,648 vs $59,975 in Beloit). Milton has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $133,500 in Beloit).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Milton
Population	36,554	5,685
Median age	33.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,975	$84,648
Median home value	$133,500	$210,500
Median gross rent	$989	$940
Housing units	14,540	2,261
Homeownership rate	59.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Milton
Population	36,836 → 36,554 (-0.8%)	5,573 → 5,685 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$43,651 → $59,975 (+37.4%)	$67,523 → $84,648 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $133,500 (+48.5%)	$149,800 → $210,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $989 (+23.6%)	$787 → $940 (+19.4%)

Beloit

Population

36,83636,554

Median household income

$43,651$59,975

Median home value

$89,900$133,500

Median gross rent

$800$989

Milton

Population

5,5735,685

Median household income

$67,523$84,648

Median home value

$149,800$210,500

Median gross rent

$787$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Milton
Under 5	7.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	12.1%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.5%
75 and over	4.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	90.3%
Black or African American	13.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Milton
No high school diploma	13.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Milton
Drove alone	78.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	6.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Milton
1-unit, detached	73.1%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Milton
Poverty rate	16.8%	4.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1957	1977