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Work & commute in Milton, KY

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (13%), Madison (4%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
11 of 263 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Milton residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

252live here, work elsewhere
11live and work here
161work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Milton goes to work

MadisonNew AlbanyBedfordCampbellsburgMiltonCarrolltonEminenceCrestwoodLa GrangeHarrodsburgLexington-Fayette urban countyLancasterShelbyMadisonBucknerMadisonMadisonLexington-Fayette urban countyBedfordNew AlbanyLa GrangeHarrodsburgCarrolltonBucknerMilton
1
Madison, IN2.7 mi away
13%35
2
Milton (in town)right here
4%11
3
Madison, IN4.1 mi away
4%11
4
Lexington-Fayette urban county68.6 mi away
4%10
5
Bedford9.5 mi away
3%9
6
New Albany, IN37.1 mi away
2%6
7
La Grange22.5 mi away
2%6
8
Harrodsburg72 mi away
2%6
9
Carrollton11.9 mi away
2%5
10
Buckner23.3 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
61%160

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.

29%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

172 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

172 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)79%
$1,250 a month or less36%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Milton residents hold

263 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+81%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 172. 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.

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