Evansville vs Milton

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

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

Evansville has the higher population (5,771 vs 5,685 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($84,648 vs $78,841 in Evansville). Evansville has the higher median home value ($256,900 vs $210,500 in Milton).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Milton
Population	5,771	5,685
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$78,841	$84,648
Median home value	$256,900	$210,500
Median gross rent	$941	$940
Housing units	2,512	2,261
Homeownership rate	70.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Milton
Population	5,312 → 5,771 (+8.6%)	5,573 → 5,685 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$70,828 → $78,841 (+11.3%)	$67,523 → $84,648 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $256,900 (+37.4%)	$149,800 → $210,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $941 (+32.0%)	$787 → $940 (+19.4%)

Evansville

Population

5,3125,771

Median household income

$70,828$78,841

Median home value

$187,000$256,900

Median gross rent

$713$941

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)

	Evansville	Milton
Under 5	7.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	18.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	16.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Milton
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	28.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Milton
Drove alone	83.4%	88.4%
Carpooled	5.2%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Milton
1-unit, detached	68.3%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	10.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Milton
Poverty rate	6.4%	4.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1982	1977