Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Milton
Milton sits directly on Boston’s southern line, where the Neponset River separates it from Dorchester and the Blue Hills rise over its southern neighborhoods. It is a town of 28,630 people in 9,139 households, and the households run large: three persons on average, with more than eight in ten homes owner-occupied. About one resident in seven was born outside the United States, and 17.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 28,630
- Households: 9,139
- Persons per household: 3.0
- Foreign-born: 14.1% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 15.9%
- Under 18: 25.7%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 71.7%
- Asian: 6.3%
- Black or African American: 14.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 3.5%
- Two or more races: 6.1%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 17.1%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $178,053
- Poverty rate: 4.7%
- Median home value: $896,500
- Median gross rent: $1,503
- Homeownership: 84.7% of units
- In the labor force: 68.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Milton’s largest bloc is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 22,112
- Unenrolled (no party): 12,811 (57.94%)
- Democrats: 7,783 (35.20%)
- Republicans: 1,345 (6.08%)
Sources
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