Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Milan’s subject grades are an A+ for cost of living, an A for civic life, and an A− for history; the weakest is a D for incomes. On hazard risk, just 24 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Only 48 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score higher on cost of living. The biggest park or preserve is Daren Baker Memorial Park, at 39 acres. Milan has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Milan beats most towns.
Milan Masonic Lodge No. 31Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Milan is from typical.
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Census counts: 106 in 1880, 1,823 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 2 maps from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milan, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Milan.
At 76 of 100, Milan’s FEMA risk score is above both Indiana’s towns (38 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100).
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Milan has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 21° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Milan for work: only 7% work in town. At 33 minutes, Milan’s average trip to work is where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 15% of Milan residents live below the poverty line.
| Milan | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.4% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Milan home is worth about $271,000, up 4.8% in a year, 5% above the Indiana typical home. The median rent in Milan is $755 a month.
| Milan | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $755 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 76% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Milan beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 34% of adults have obesity in Milan.
| Milan | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 26% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Milan | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Daren Baker Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Milan; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Milan residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
4 notable people were born in Milan.
Town in Indiana, United States
Milan ( MY-lin) is a town in Franklin and Washington townships, Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Milan had a population of 1,823. Milan High School won the Indiana state basketball championship against Muncie Central High School in 1954, the victory being significant as Milan was one of the smallest towns to win a state championship in the United States at that time. The 1986 film Hoosiers is based on the story of the 1954 Milan Team. While it is often claimed that Milan is the subject of a volume of poetry, titled Pop. 359, written in 1941 by Carl Wilson under the pseudonym of Tramp Starr, that book is actually about the nearby town of Moores Hill.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A+.
4 notable people were born here, including William Jordan and Thomas Porter Hawley.
