Work & commute · Milan

Work & commute in Milan, IN

Most working residents leave Milan for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (38%), New Haven (8%) and Woodburn (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

136 of 1,528 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,392 Milan residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 1,872 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milan.

1,392live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

1,872work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milan goes to work

Fort Wayne10.7 mi away

38%578

Milan (in town)right here

9%135

New Haven6.2 mi away

8%124

Woodburn5.2 mi away

2%32

Springfield6.9 mi away

2%32

Grabill4.9 mi away

2%29

Warsaw47.4 mi away

2%28

Cedar Creek6.8 mi away

2%24

Maumee5.8 mi away

1%20

Huntington34.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%507

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

How far

How far Milan commutes

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

44%

32%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milan are

2,008 jobs are based in Milan. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milan’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milan

2,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Milan residents hold

1,528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+3%

Jobs based in Milan, 2013 → 2023: 1,945 → 2,008. 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.