Janesville vs Milton

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

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

Janesville has the higher population (65,813 vs 5,685 in Milton). Milton has the higher median household income ($84,648 vs $71,664 in Janesville). Milton has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $209,700 in Janesville).

Population, income & housing

	Janesville	Milton
Population	65,813	5,685
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,664	$84,648
Median home value	$209,700	$210,500
Median gross rent	$1,037	$940
Housing units	29,171	2,261
Homeownership rate	66.5%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Janesville	Milton
Population	64,245 → 65,813 (+2.4%)	5,573 → 5,685 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$56,293 → $71,664 (+27.3%)	$67,523 → $84,648 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $209,700 (+47.2%)	$149,800 → $210,500 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,037 (+20.9%)	$787 → $940 (+19.4%)

Janesville

Population

64,24565,813

Median household income

$56,293$71,664

Median home value

$142,500$209,700

Median gross rent

$858$1,037

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)

	Janesville	Milton
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.5%
75 and over	7.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Janesville	Milton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	90.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Janesville	Milton
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Janesville	Milton
Drove alone	79.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	3.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Janesville	Milton
1-unit, detached	67.2%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Janesville	Milton
Poverty rate	9.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1972	1977