Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, NY

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Otsego (14%), Oneonta (10%) and Oneonta (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 159 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Milford residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 146 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

152live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

146work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Otsego11.7 mi away

14%22

Oneonta13.8 mi away

10%16

Oneonta11.2 mi away

9%14

Milford3.5 mi away

8%13

New York143 mi away

7%11

Utica37.7 mi away

3%5

Albany58.6 mi away

3%4

Hartwick5.2 mi away

3%4

Colonie59.8 mi away

2%3

Sidney25.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%64

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.

30%

26%

18%

26%

30%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

153 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

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Milford residents hold

159 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Milford, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 153. 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.