Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, IN

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Goshen (10%), Elkhart (10%) and Nappanee (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 788 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 737 Milford residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 881 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

737live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

881work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Goshen10.8 mi away

10%80

Elkhart19.9 mi away

10%80

Nappanee8.2 mi away

9%70

Milford (in town)right here

6%51

Warsaw11.8 mi away

5%42

Syracuse4.9 mi away

5%38

Fort Wayne42.9 mi away

3%24

Van Buren2.4 mi away

3%24

German14.9 mi away

3%22

Turkey Creek6.9 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%338

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

How far

How far Milford commutes

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

40%

38%

11%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

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

Jobs based in Milford

932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Milford residents hold

788 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−27%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 1,274 → 932. 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.