Work & commute · Milton

Work & commute in Milton, OH

Most working residents leave Milton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Wooster (14%), Orrville (6%) and Wadsworth (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

120 of 1,271 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,151 Milton residents head out of town to work, 120 work right here, and 485 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milton.

1,151live here, work elsewhere

120live and work here

485work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milton goes to work

Wooster10.1 mi away

14%174

Milton (in town)right here

8%102

Orrville6.8 mi away

6%75

Wadsworth7.7 mi away

6%70

Rittman3.1 mi away

5%66

Medina13.6 mi away

4%49

Cleveland38 mi away

3%36

Akron18.5 mi away

3%36

Canaan5.9 mi away

2%31

Creston4.7 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%604

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.

45%

32%

12%

45%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milton is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Milton are

605 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

605 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Milton residents hold

1,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+7%

Jobs based in Milton, 2013 → 2023: 563 → 605. 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.