Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, KS

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Junction City (40%), Manhattan (11%) and Topeka (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 140 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 139 Milford residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

139live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Junction City10.5 mi away

40%56

Manhattan16.3 mi away

11%15

Topeka65.8 mi away

6%9

Smoky Hill8.3 mi away

4%6

Wichita105.2 mi away

4%5

Salina45.3 mi away

3%4

Lyon17.4 mi away

2%3

Fort Riley7 mi away

2%3

Lawrence89.5 mi away

1%2

Kansas City116.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%35

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.

59%

27%

5%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

25 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

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Milford residents hold

140 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−60%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 25. 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.