Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, NY

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Saratoga Springs (16%), Colonie (8%) and Albany (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

721 of 8,698 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,977 Milton residents head out of town to work, 721 work right here, and 3,522 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

7,977live here, work elsewhere

721live and work here

3,522work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Saratoga Springs6.2 mi away

16%1,381

Milton (in town)right here

8%721

Colonie22.1 mi away

8%716

Albany27 mi away

8%701

Ballston6.8 mi away

7%615

Malta7.2 mi away

4%330

Clifton Park13.7 mi away

4%329

Wilton11.2 mi away

4%315

Schenectady17.1 mi away

3%300

New York164.9 mi away

3%300

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,990

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.

39%

36%

11%

14%

39%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

4,243 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

4,243 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Milton residents hold

8,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−19%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 5,236 → 4,243. 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.