Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, MI

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are South Bend (14%), Elkhart (11%) and Mishawaka (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36 of 1,430 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,394 Milton residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

1,394live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

South Bend, IN9.2 mi away

14%198

Elkhart, IN12.9 mi away

11%157

Mishawaka, IN7.8 mi away

11%155

Niles7 mi away

5%70

Niles4.8 mi away

4%52

Notre Dame, IN7 mi away

3%49

Ontwa6.4 mi away

3%47

Granger, IN4.2 mi away

3%42

Clay, IN4.8 mi away

3%37

Milton (in town)right here

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%587

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.

51%

24%

19%

51%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

638 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

638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Milton residents hold

1,430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−2%

Jobs based in Milton, 2011 → 2021: 651 → 638. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.