Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, GA

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Alpharetta (18%), Atlanta (15%) and Sandy Springs (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

865 of 18,924 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

39%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,059 Milton residents head out of town to work, 865 work right here, and 9,013 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

18,059live here, work elsewhere

865live and work here

9,013work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Alpharetta5.6 mi away

18%3,464

Atlanta27.1 mi away

15%2,800

Sandy Springs15 mi away

8%1,496

Roswell7.5 mi away

5%983

Milton (in town)right here

5%865

Dunwoody14 mi away

3%582

Johns Creek10 mi away

2%351

Brookhaven19.6 mi away

1%282

Peachtree Corners13.1 mi away

1%282

Marietta18.6 mi away

1%266

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%7,553

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.

38%

47%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

9,878 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

9,878 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Milton residents hold

18,924 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+1%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 9,795 → 9,878. 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.