What is the population of Milton city?

Milton city has 8,747 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #141 of 639 in Washington.

What is the median household income in Milton city?

Median household income in Milton city is $89,804 a year, 14.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Milton city?

Median gross rent is $1,986 a month and the median home value is $511,000, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.

Is Milton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Milton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Milton, WA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Milton, Washington (Milton, WA — Census place “Milton city”) is 8,747 residents, ranking #141 of 639 places in Washington. Median household income is $89,804, the median home is worth $511,000 and median gross rent runs $1,986 a month. Looking for the Milton Washington ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Milton, WA: 98354.

Population: 8,747Milton city residents
Median household income: $89,804Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $511,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,986Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.3%Owner-occupied households

Milton ZIP codes (Washington)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Milton.

The Milton WA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

98354

What the numbers mean in Milton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Milton city median would spend about 26.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.4% of residents and 58.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Milton city, WA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Milton city is a mid-size town in Washington, with 8,747 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #141 of 639 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 38.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Milton city earn a median of $89,804 a year, 14.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $90,592 median for the 393 Washington cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 11.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Milton city is valued at $511,000, 68.4% above the national figure and 9% above the $468,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,986 a month, 41.3% above the national figure, or roughly $23,832 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Milton city?: Milton city has 8,747 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #141 of 639 in Washington.
What is the median household income in Milton city?: Median household income in Milton city is $89,804 a year, 14.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Milton city?: Median gross rent is $1,986 a month and the median home value is $511,000, so rent absorbs about 26.5% of median household income.
Is Milton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Milton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Milton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.