Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, IL

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Chicago (19%), Wheaton (8%) and Glen Ellyn (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

8,117 of 54,014 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45,897 Milton residents head out of town to work, 8,117 work right here, and 41,338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

45,897live here, work elsewhere

8,117live and work here

41,338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Chicago20.9 mi away

19%10,036

Wheaton1 mi away

8%4,145

Glen Ellyn1.5 mi away

5%2,480

Naperville8.4 mi away

4%2,403

Downers Grove5.6 mi away

3%1,812

Carol Stream4.8 mi away

3%1,528

Schaumburg11.7 mi away

3%1,398

Lombard4 mi away

2%1,271

Oak Brook7.2 mi away

2%1,166

Lisle4.6 mi away

2%1,094

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%26,681

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.

47%

42%

47%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

49,455 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

49,455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Milton residents hold

54,014 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+1%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 48,943 → 49,455. 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.