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A town of 6,436, settled in 1802.
Milford is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 256th among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 84% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $331K, 4.1 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Milford’s trail density is 3.8 miles per square mile, where Ohio’s towns sit at 0.2 and U.S. towns at 0.4. On walkability, just 21 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do better. Milford has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Promont and Pleasant Hill.
Where Milford beats most towns.
16.7% of the town is conserved land, across 11 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Milford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 621 in 1870, 6,582 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1968 and 7 maps from 1898 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Milford. Close and well known come first.
Big draw12 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
13 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
13 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
12 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
13 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milford, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Milford.
Milford sees little violent crime, but it scores below Union Township and its other neighbors on health.
14 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Valley View Nature Preserve, 192 acres with 5.5 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Valley View Nature Preserve | 5.5 mi | 192 |
| 2. Jim Terrell Park | 1.5 mi | 24 |
| 3. Carriage Way Park | 0.5 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Milford Exempted Village school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattison Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 454 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
50% of households own their home in Milford, below both Ohio’s towns (77%) and U.S. towns (73%). The typical Milford home is worth about $331,000, up 1.9% in a year, 35% above the Ohio typical home.
| Milford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $940 a month | $944 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 30% of residents (18% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide). Milford’s median age is 49 years. Milford has lost 2.2% of its people since 2020, down to 6,436 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Milford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 49 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 24% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Milford | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.3% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.5% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.9% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.6% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.8% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Milford has chilly winters and warm summers. The July high in Milford is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Milford has lost 238 jobs, to 4,181 in 2023. The top destinations are Cincinnati (17%), Miami Township (5%) and Blue Ash (5%).
| Milford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2003, 6 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Milford.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Violent crime is rare: 6 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B−, from Union Township (B) to Terrace Park (A+).
Milford beats the Ohio average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 40% of adults have high blood pressure in Milford.
| Milford | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 38% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Milford | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.9% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.2% | 14.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.2% | 8.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
15 within 15 miles of the center of Milford
About 4 of every 100 Milford residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Milford on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Milford.
City in Ohio, United States
Milford is a city in Clermont and Hamilton counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Settled in 1796, Milford is the westernmost city in Appalachian Ohio, and located along the Little Miami River and its East Fork in the southwestern part of the state, it is a part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The population was 6,582 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Milford.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milford | #256 | A− | B− | B− | A− | B− |
| Miami Township | #109 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Union Township | #513 | B | C+ | — | B− | B |
| The Village of Indian Hill | #146 | A | D | — | A+ | A |
| Terrace Park | — | — | D | — | A+ | A+ |
Terrace Park has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Union Township, The Village of Indian Hill and Terrace Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Milford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Milford grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #256 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B− for health, B− for safety and A− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
4 notable people were born here, including Daniel Elliot Stuntz and Henry G. Bieler.
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