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Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, NJ

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Raritan (8%), Clinton (4%) and Flemington (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 583 working residents
Typical commute
27 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
33 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 579 Milford residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

579live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
177work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Milford goes to work

FlemingtonMilfordTrentonJersey CityNewarkNew YorkEastonBethlehemHollandRaritanBranchburgPohatcongAlexandriaClintonReadingtonUnionBridgetonRaritanClintonFlemingtonNew YorkUnionTrentonJersey CityAlexandriaBranchburgNewarkMilford
1
Raritan10.3 mi away
8%49
2
Clinton12.3 mi away
4%26
3
Flemington12.9 mi away
3%20
4
New York, NY60.7 mi away
3%18
5
Union7.7 mi away
3%17
6
Trenton29.6 mi away
3%15
7
Jersey City54.6 mi away
3%15
8
Alexandria3.6 mi away
3%15
9
Branchburg19.6 mi away
2%13
10
Newark49.2 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
66%384

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.

13%Under 10 mi
34%10–24 mi
38%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

181 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

181 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less31%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Milford residents hold

583 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%
Over $3,333 a month72%
−48%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 347 → 181. 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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