Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, DE

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lewes (8%), Georgetown (5%) and Milford (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

99 of 1,420 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,321 Milton residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 1,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

1,321live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

1,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Lewes9.2 mi away

8%112

Milton (in town)right here

7%99

Georgetown7 mi away

5%74

Milford11.1 mi away

5%65

Dover29 mi away

4%54

Rehoboth Beach13.2 mi away

3%47

Seaford18 mi away

2%32

Wilmington67.5 mi away

2%31

Millsboro12.8 mi away

1%15

Harrington17.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%881

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Milton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

42%

31%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

1,112 jobs are based in Milton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milton

1,112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Milton residents hold

1,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+18%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 1,112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.