Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, MI

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Traverse City (20%), Elk Rapids (15%) and Garfield (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 809 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 766 Milton residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

766live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Traverse City17.5 mi away

20%163

Elk Rapids3.7 mi away

15%118

Garfield19.9 mi away

6%51

Milton (in town)right here

5%43

Kalkaska13.5 mi away

3%22

East Bay17.6 mi away

2%18

Whitewater11.1 mi away

2%17

Torch Lake8.8 mi away

2%16

Suttons Bay16.1 mi away

2%14

Acme10.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%333

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.

26%

42%

25%

26%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

235 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

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Milton residents hold

809 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+33%

Jobs based in Milton, 2011 → 2021: 177 → 235. 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.