City · Beaver County, Utah

Milford, Utah

Milford is a city in Beaver County, Utah. It has 1,547 residents. Milford, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 85 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,281 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #38 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), reading scores (high) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on social associations (low), drought exposure (high) and flu vaccinations (low).

85Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,281 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #38 of 175 in UT
Population: 1,547 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 722.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4950040

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety59#6,437/15,637
Economy83#2,669/15,631
Housing99#223/14,977
Health50#7,856/15,609
Healthcare59#6,348/15,650
Environment84#2,535/15,453
Education86#2,144/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,592/15,650
Community62#5,985/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,636/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Milford, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Beaver County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public EV charging ports · high84.9 /10k
100/100Utah 9.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyBeaver County value
Reading scores · high3.64
100/100Utah 3.18United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Job growth · high9.6%
100/100Utah 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBeaver County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Utah 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBeaver County value
Math scores · high3.62
99/100Utah 3.13United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.297
99/100Utah 0.427United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABeaver County value
Flu vaccinations · low23.0%
2/100Utah 44.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBeaver County value
Distance to an airport · high144 mi
3/100Utah 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBeaver County value
Traffic deaths · high35.8 /100k
4/100Utah 8.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataBeaver County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Utah 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBeaver County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,731 (2015-2019) → 1,547 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.7% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−48 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
66.7% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 1.4% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
12.4% (2015-2019) → 26.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,669 (2015-2019) → $82,368 (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Milford, Utah improved on 4 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Bachelor's++14 points12.4% → 26.6%
Inequality−0.1060.403 → 0.297
Household income+66%$49,669 → $82,368
Broadband+20 points66.7% → 87.1%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Milford, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.7 min2015-2019	14.4 min2020-2024	−8.3 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%2015-2019	26.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	66.7%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+20 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	86.7%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	96%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4032015-2019	0.2972020-2024	−0.106	Improved	96%
Median household income	$49,6692015-2019	$82,3682020-2024	+66%	Improved	93%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	17.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	96%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Milford, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Milford, Utah in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Milford, Utah itself moved +29.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,547 residents (±358)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−7.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,547 residents (±358)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

White79%1,225
Black0.1%†1
Hispanic or Latino18%†278

Education

857 residents (±178)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

No high school diploma2.9%†25
High school or GED36%†305
Some college23%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

536 households (±137)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k7.6%†41
$25k–50k14%†75
$50k–75k9.5%†51
$75k–100k35%†189
$100k–150k18%†95
$150k–200k9.0%†48
$200k or more6.9%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+20.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

536 households (±137)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Own68%367
Rent32%†169

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

169 households (±92)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00049%†82
$1,000–1,50051%†87

Home values

367 homes (±103)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Under $150k3.0%†11
$150k–250k44%†161
$250k–400k43%†157

Age of homes

642 homes (±128)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

2010 or later6.9%†44
2000–20096.4%†41
1980–199915%†95

Size of homes

642 homes (±128)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.5%†3
2 bedrooms22%†142

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

736 workers (±198)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone76%†559
Carpool15%†108
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home8.0%†59
Other1.4%†10

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

677 workers (±182)

Milford, Utah
Utah share

Under 15 min69%†469
15–29 min12%†82
30–44 min6.1%†41

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Beaver County, the county holding most of Milford's residents.

Beaver County has 198 employer establishments, 272 for every 10,000 residents (1.10× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Utah's), with 2,001 paid employees at an average annual pay of $37,120. The Census Bureau also counts 669 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 198; 669 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 272; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 2,001
Average annual pay: $37,120; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Beaver County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	21	28.9	1.57×More than typical	278	$18,047	4
Ambulatory health care services	19	26.1	1.25×More than typical	91	$43,495	22
Specialty trade contractors	17	23.4	1.51×More than typical	107	$39,121	38
Gasoline stations	13	17.9	5.51×More than typical	203	$31,133	—
Full-service restaurants	11	15.1	1.97×More than typical	139	$17,734	—
Traveler accommodation	11	15.1	8.38×More than typical	102	$24,225	—
Truck transportation	11	15.1	2.99×More than typical	106	$52,236	28
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	13.8	2.73×More than typical	53	$37,132	10
Construction of buildings	10	13.8	1.82×More than typical	58	$52,466	31
Limited-service restaurants	9	12.4	1.54×Too few to compare	133	$18,150	—
Offices of other health practitioners	9	12.4	2.04×Too few to compare	22	$31,364	5
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	11	1.63×Too few to compare	22	$30,318	53

Rank places for an industry Open Beaver County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,271 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Milford is mostly in Beaver County.

See federal money in Beaver County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Milford, Utah is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Celeste MaloyR-UT-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Beaver County84100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Beaver County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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