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Milford, IA

3,315 Population
2.2 square miles 1,541.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 48.1 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,300 ±$4,506 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $47,165 ±$2,521
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$60,571 ±$5,793 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $74,570 ±$3,265
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

5.3% ±2.9% (172  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 6.3% † 1,103 (±1.7% / ±290)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

18.7 minutes ±4.2 (33,115  ±7,962) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 17.1 140,200 (±1.4 / ±12,815)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,530 ±142 Number of households
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 8,650 ±257
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.1 ±0.2 (3,269  ±31) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 2 17,591 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2.4% ±3.3% (17  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 5.2% † 165 (±2.4% / ±75)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,648 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 14,060 ±36
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$211,000 ±$22,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: $251,600 ±$14,819
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.4% ±3.7% (210  ±122.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 11.1% † 1,970 (±2.1% / ±372)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

96.2% ±9.9% (2,277  ±285) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 97.3% 12,966 (±4.7% / ±635)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
24.1% ±5.3% (570  ±132.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 32.3% 4,305 (±2.5% / ±330)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.2% ±0.4% (8  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 1.8% 313
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7% ±2.9% (182  ±75) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spirit Lake, IA Micro Area: 7.8% † 1,126 (±1.3% / ±182)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
182 Total veterans ±75 135 Male ±58 47 Female ±43

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